lower back
lower back noun: the region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.

Noun
lower back (plural lower backs)
lower back meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi and Nepali
lower back in Hindi
- the lumbar region
- कमर kamar
lower back in Tamil
- the lumbar region
- கீழ் முதுகு kīḻ mutuku
lower back in Punjabi
- lower back, lumbar region; hip; loin
- لک lakk
lower back in Nepali
- lower back
- कम्मर kammar
More languagesFewer languages
- lower back in Tagalog
- sasapnan
- lower back in Arabic
- مُسْتَدَقّ الظَّهْر mustadaqq aẓ-ẓahr
- lower back in Vietnamese
- thắt lưng, lưng dưới
Synonyms of lower back
Forms of lower back
| plural | lower backs |
|---|
Questions about lower back
- What does lower back mean?
- Lower back means the region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.
- What is lower back in Hindi?
- Lower back in Hindi is कमर (kamar). See Lower back meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lower back?
- Lower back is a noun.
- What is the plural of lower back?
- The plural of lower back is lower backs.
Words near lower back in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lower back (page history and authors); لک (Punjabi) (page history and authors); कम्मर (Nepali) (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lower back.wav.
Cite this entry: “lower back.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lower_back. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
