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frontcountry

frontcountry noun: an area of the countryside that is relatively accessible rather than remote.

Noun

frontcountry (uncountable)

  1. An area of the countryside that is relatively accessible rather than remote.
    • Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]1995, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Draft, Frontcountry Development Concept Plan, page I
    • Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both. The standard definition of “frontcountry” is an area that can be reached in a day. You do not stay out overnight.2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54

Antonyms of frontcountry

Origin of frontcountry

From front + country, coined to contrast with backcountry.

Questions about frontcountry

What does frontcountry mean?
Frontcountry means an area of the countryside that is relatively accessible rather than remote.
What part of speech is frontcountry?
Frontcountry is a noun.

Words near frontcountry in the dictionary

  1. frontbends
  2. frontbutt
  3. frontbutts
  4. frontcap
  5. frontcaps
  6. frontcountry
  7. frontcourt
  8. frontcourts
  9. fronted
  10. fronted off
  11. fronted on

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