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backprints

backprints is the plural of backprint.

backprints is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backprint.

Meaning of backprint

Noun

backprint (plural backprints)

  1. The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
    • The season lasted about as long as it took McNeely to leave his backprint on the canvas.Apr. 1997, "World Cup I", WaterSki, page 80
  2. Printing on the reverse side of a poster, postage stamp, or other printed material, usually for purposes of identification.
    • Needless to say, the machine applying the backprint did not always function well and - there you go — there exist strips of five coil stamps without the backprint.1999, American Philatelic Research Library, Philatelic Literature Review - Volumes 48-49, page 180

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Questions about backprints

What is backprints the plural of?
Backprints is the plural of backprint.

Words near backprints in the dictionary

  1. backpriming
  2. backprimings
  3. backprint
  4. backprinted
  5. backprinting
  6. backprints
  7. backproject
  8. backprojected
  9. backprojecting
  10. backprojection
  11. backprojections

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backprints (page history and authors); backprint (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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