BACKSPACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backspace mean? 

• BACKSPACE (noun)
  The noun BACKSPACE has 1 sense:

1. the typewriter key used for back spacing

  Familiarity information: BACKSPACE used as a noun is very rare.

• BACKSPACE (verb)
  The verb BACKSPACE has 1 sense:

1. hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard

  Familiarity information: BACKSPACE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKSPACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The typewriter key used for back spacing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backspace; backspace key; backspacer

Hypernyms ("backspace" is a kind of...):

key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Holonyms ("backspace" is a part of...):

typewriter keyboard (a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed)

• BACKSPACE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they backspace    ... he / she / it backspaces   
Past simple: backspaced   
Past participle: backspaced   
-ing form: backspacing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

To erase, you must backspace

Hypernyms (to "backspace" is one way to...):

type; typewrite (write by means of a keyboard with types)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

backspacer (the typewriter key used for back spacing)