| CUTBACK | • cutback n. A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service. • cutback n. (Surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking. • cutback n. (Roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings. |
| FATBACK | • fatback n. (US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard. • fatback n. A fish, the menhaden. • FATBACK n. a dried strip of fat from the back of a hog. |
| OUTBACK | • outback n. (Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. • outback adj. Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas. • outback adv. To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia. |
| SETBACK | • setback n. An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards… • setback n. (US) The required distance between a structure and a road. • setback n. (Architecture) A step-like recession in a wall. |
| FASTBACK | • fastback n. A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear. • FASTBACK n. a type of automobile roof. |
| FLATBACK | • flatback n. A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia. • FLATBACK n. a pottery figure with a flat back. |
| LIFTBACK | • liftback n. (US) hatchback. • LIFTBACK n. a motorcar with a sloping rear door; a hatchback. |
| SCATBACK | • scatback n. (American football) A small lightweight running back valued for speed rather than power. • SCATBACK n. a type of player in football. |
| 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. |
| SLOTBACK | • slotback n. (American football) A particular position in American football, often a running back who lines up near… • slotback n. (Canadian football) A particular position in Canadian football, similar to a hybrid between wide receiver… • SLOTBACK n. a type of football player. |
| SOFTBACK | • softback n. A softcover or paperback book. • SOFTBACK n. a book bound in a flexible paper cover. |
| COUNTBACK | • countback n. (Sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| FIGHTBACK | • fightback n. A campaign of resistance; a counterattack. • fight␣back v. (Intransitive) to defend oneself by fighting. • fight␣back v. (Intransitive) to counterattack; to resist an attack. |
| SWEPTBACK | • sweptback adj. (Of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage. • sweptback adj. (Of a hairstyle) Backswept. • swept-back adj. Alternative form of sweptback. |