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houseback

houseback noun: the rear of a house.

Noun

houseback (plural housebacks)

  1. The rear of a house.
    • Out from a deep-delved way my vision lit / On housebacks pink, green, ochreous […]1901, Thomas Hardy, Genoa and The Mediterranean
    • The light on the policeman's lantern glared over the ghastly scene—along the double row of miserable housebacks, which lined the sides of the open tidal ditch […]1850, Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke

Forms of houseback

pluralhousebacks

Origin of houseback

From house + back.

Questions about houseback

What does houseback mean?
Houseback means the rear of a house.
What part of speech is houseback?
Houseback is a noun.
What is the plural of houseback?
The plural of houseback is housebacks.

Words near houseback in the dictionary

  1. house-warmings
  2. house-wife
  3. house-wives
  4. Houseal
  5. Houseals
  6. houseback
  7. housebacks
  8. housebarn
  9. housebarns
  10. houseblessing
  11. houseblessings

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