backwood

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbækˌwʊd/

Definition of backwood

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Native to or located in a remote rural location.
    “The house itself, although far more spacious and comfortable than the majority of backwood farmhouses, was built in the usual fashion, of solid logs, and was evidently designed to resist attack.”
    “Despite the court victory, Archer resigned as deputy chairman and rehabilitated himself by working as a party stalwart in backwood constituencies.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Native to or located in a remote rural location.
    “The house itself, although far more spacious and comfortable than the majority of backwood farmhouses, was built in the usual fashion, of solid logs, and was evidently designed to resist attack.”
    “Despite the court victory, Archer resigned as deputy chairman and rehabilitated himself by working as a party stalwart in backwood constituencies.”
  2. (not-comparable)Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
    “Here, after supper, most of the company stretched themselves in backwood style, before the fire; but Washington was shown into a bedroom.”
    “"That's what you mean, dandy boy — for you're only a dandy boy, you know, and they don't get married to backwood Southern girls."”

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Etymology

From back + wood; compare backwater.

Hooks

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