BACKS

5 letters 13 Scrabble points /bæks/

Definition of BACKS

noun
  1. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

    "Could you please scratch my back?"

  2. That which is farthest away from the front.

    "He sat in the back of the room."

  3. Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.

    "The small boat raced over the backs of the waves."

Related words: dorsum reverse
verb
  1. To go in the reverse direction.

    "the train backed into the station;  the horse refuses to back"

  2. To support.

    "I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?"

  3. (of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

noun
  1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

  2. A ferryboat.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters B A C K S
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 13 points

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