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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.; The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
2. 2
   the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part) wordnet
3. 3
   The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.; The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
4. 4
   the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine wordnet
5. 5
   A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.

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6. 6
   Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat.

Synonyms

All synonyms

backbackalveolusapexbladelarynx

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dorsum (“the back”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.