| 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. |
| BACKROOM | • backroom n. A room near the rear of a premises, especially one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can… • backroom adj. Of, relating to, or happening in a backroom. • backroom adj. (Figurative) Characterized by secrecy or anonymity. |
| BACKRUSH | • backrush n. A rushing backward; a retreat. • BACKRUSH n. the seaward return of water from a wave. |
| BROCKRAM | • brockram n. A basal breccia of cemented limestone and sandstone fragments dating from the Permian period, found… • BROCKRAM n. (dialect) fragmented rock, breccia. |
| BUCKRAKE | • BUCKRAKE n. a large agricultural rake, often attached to a tractor. |
| BUCKRAMS | • buckrams n. Alternative form of buckram ("ramson"). • buckrams v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram. • BUCKRAM v. to pad or stiffen with buckram. |
| CHECKROW | • checkrow v. (Agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground. • CHECKROW v. to plant in rows that divides the land into squares. |
| JACKROLL | • jackroll v. (Transitive) To rob or mug (a person). • jackroll v. (Transitive, South Africa) To perpetrate male gang rape against women (jackrolling). • JACKROLL v. (South African) to roll a drunken or sleeping person. |
| LOCKRAMS | • lockrams n. Plural of lockram. • LOCKRAM n. a coarse linen fabric. |
| MUCKRAKE | • muckrake n. A rake for scraping up dung. • muckrake v. (Intransitive) To search for and expose corruption or scandal, especially as a form of investigative journalism. • MUCKRAKE v. to search for and expose corruption. |
| RICKRACK | • rickrack n. A zigzag trim sewn to clothes for decoration. • RICKRACK n. a braid used in trimming, also RICRAC. |
| ROCKROSE | • rockrose n. Any of various plants in the family Cistaceae, the sunroses. • rockrose n. Pavonia lasiopetala (Malvaceae), Texas swampmallow. • rockrose n. Phemeranthus spp. (Montiaceae), flameflowers. |
| SICKROOM | • sickroom n. A room to be used by someone who is ill. • SICKROOM n. a room occupied by a sick person. |