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Webster 1913 Edition


Backless

Back′less

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Adj.
Without a back.

Definition 2024


backless

backless

English

Adjective

backless (not comparable)

  1. having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses
    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 an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin

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