| BACKBEAT | • backbeat n. (Music) The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time. • back␣beat n. (Music) Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats. • BACKBEAT n. one of the normally unstressed beats in a musical bar, used as a secondary syncopated beat. |
| BACKBITE | • backbite v. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone. • backbite v. (Informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks. • backbite v. To speak badly of an absent individual. |
| BACKDATE | • backdate v. To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date. • backdate n. An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date. • BACKDATE v. to date to an earlier time. |
| BACKREST | • backrest n. The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter’s back. • backrest n. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning. • BACKREST n. a back support. |
| BACKSEAT | • backseat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back-seat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back␣seat n. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle. |
| BACKSETS | • backsets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset. • BACKSET v. to attack from the rear. |
| BETHWACK | • bethwack v. (Transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly. • BETHWACK v. to thrash soundly. |
| BLACKEST | • blackest adj. Superlative form of black: most black. • BLACK adj. being of the darkest colour. |
| BOATNECK | • boatneck n. A wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams. • BOATNECK n. a wide open neck on a garment. |
| BRACKETS | • brackets n. Plural of bracket. • brackets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bracket. • BRACKET v. to group, classify. |
| SEATBACK | • seatback n. The usually vertical portion of a chair or similar piece of furniture that supports the back. • seatback n. A loose ornamental covering for the back of a sofa or chair. • SEATBACK n. the back of a seat. |
| SETBACKS | • setbacks n. Plural of setback. • SETBACK n. a defeat. |
| TIEBACKS | • tiebacks n. Plural of tieback. • TIEBACK n. a loop for holding a curtain to one side. |
| TRACKBED | • trackbed n. The layer of gravel or other foundation on which a railway track is laid. • trackbed n. (Loosely) The land on which a railway (especially one that has been closed or dismantled) was built;… • track␣bed n. Alternative form of trackbed. |