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BACK COUNTRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does back country mean?
• BACK COUNTRY (noun)
The noun BACK COUNTRY has 1 sense:
1. a remote and undeveloped area
Familiarity information: BACK COUNTRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A remote and undeveloped area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
back country; backwoods; boondocks; hinterland
Hypernyms ("back country" is a kind of...):
country; rural area (an area outside of cities and towns)
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