backhaul
backhaul verb: to transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
Verb
backhaul (third-person singular simple present backhauls, present participle backhauling, simple past and past participle backhauled)
Noun
backhaul (countable and uncountable, plural backhauls)
- A return trip after delivery of cargo.
- Low rates for backhaul account for the huge volume of waste paper shipped to Asia from the US.
- The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
- Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
- Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
Forms of backhaul
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | backhauls |
| present participle | backhauling |
| past participle | backhauled |
| past | backhauled |
| Noun | |
| plural | backhauls |
Origin of backhaul
From back + haul.
Questions about backhaul
- What does backhaul mean?
- Backhaul means to transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
- What part of speech is backhaul?
- Backhaul can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of backhaul?
- The past tense of backhaul is backhauled.
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