backless

backless

English

Etymology

    From back + -less.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbækləs/
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    • Rhymes: -ækləs

    Adjective

    backless (not comparable)

    1. Having no back, especially where one would be expected, as with a chair or a dress.
      a backless surgical gown
      • 1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife:
        The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa, []
    2. (of a person) Having the back uncovered, showing the skin.

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