BACK END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does back end mean? 

• BACK END (noun)
  The noun BACK END has 1 sense:

1. the side of an object that is opposite its front

  Familiarity information: BACK END used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACK END (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The side of an object that is opposite its front

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

back end; backside; rear

Context example:

his room was toward the rear of the hotel

Hypernyms ("back end" is a kind of...):

face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "back end"):

nape; nucha; scruff (the back side of the neck)

rearward (direction toward the rear)

 Context examples 

Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down, as into a rut, and the gee-pole, with Hal clinging to it, jerk into the air.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)