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backblocks

backblocks is the plural of backblock.

Meaning of backblock

Noun

backblock (plural backblocks)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, plural-normally) A remote tract of land in the interior; hence (in plural) sparsely populated country far from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.
    • Near-synonyms: upcountry, interior, hinterland
  2. (Australia, excessive, informal, plural-normally) The most distally outlying suburb among a set of suburbs.
  3. Land behind which fronts on water; land without a permanent watercourse.

Forms of backblocks

alternative formback blocks

Questions about backblocks

What is backblocks the plural of?
Backblocks is the plural of backblock.

Words near backblocks in the dictionary

  1. backbitings
  2. backbitten
  3. backblast
  4. backblasts
  5. backblock
  6. backblocks
  7. backblow
  8. backblows
  9. backboard
  10. backboarded
  11. backboarding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backblocks (page history and authors); backblock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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