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Outback

//ˈaʊtbæk// adj, adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.

    "[…]the Civil Service Association is not particularly happy with the decision of the Government in regard to rents and the way they will be levied on its members in the more outback country areas."

Adjective
  1. 1
    inaccessible and sparsely populated wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia. not-comparable

    "If we want this country to develop, we have to depend on men who are prepared to go outback and try to discover new shows."

Noun
  1. 1
    The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. Australia, uncountable, usually

    "1951 June, W. J. Banks, Flying Doctors of the Outback, The Rotarian, page 23, Communication like this is making a big change in the lives of Australia′s “outback” people."

  2. 2
    the bush country of the interior of Australia wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To travel or stay in the outback

Etymology

Etymology 1

From out + back.

Etymology 2

From out + back.

Etymology 3

From out + back.

Etymology 4

From out + back.

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