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feature back

feature back noun: in American football, a back, usually a running back, that gets the most carries and most yardage in a game.

Noun

feature back (plural feature backs)

  1. (US) In American football, a back, usually a running back, that gets the most carries and most yardage in a game.
    • Colton Hansel was the Spartans’ feature back and netted 38 yards on 16 carries.2014, Linder, Jeff, "Xavier’s district debut is a dandy," Cedar Rapids Gazette, September 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311181713/http://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/xaviers-district...

Forms of feature back

pluralfeature backs

Questions about feature back

What does feature back mean?
Feature back means in American football, a back, usually a running back, that gets the most carries and most yardage in a game.
What part of speech is feature back?
Feature back is a noun.
What is the plural of feature back?
The plural of feature back is feature backs.

Words near feature back in the dictionary

  1. featurable
  2. featural
  3. featurality
  4. featurally
  5. feature
  6. feature back
  7. feature backs
  8. feature control frame
  9. feature control frames
  10. feature creep
  11. feature envy

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