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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.

lower back: the region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the...
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Noun

lower back (plural lower backs)

  1. 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.

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

plurallower 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

  1. Lower Assam
  2. Lower Assam Division
  3. lower atmosphere
  4. lower atmospheres
  5. Lower Austria
  6. lower back
  7. lower backs
  8. Lower Bago
  9. Lower Barrington
  10. Lower Basildon
  11. Lower Bavaria

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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.

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