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plural
- 1. remote uncleared forest land: North American "backwoods homesteads"
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The meaning of BACKWOODS is wooded or partly cleared areas far from cities. How to use backwoods in a sentence. wooded or partly cleared areas far from cities; a remote or culturally backward area…
Backwoods definition: wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.. See examples of BACKWOODS used in a sentence.
a place in the countryside that is a long way from any town and in which not many people live: I grew up in the backwoods, with no cable TV and no Internet access. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Towns & regions: the countryside. AONB. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. backcountry. countrified. countryman. countrywoman. cross-country
1. heavily wooded areas far from centers of population. 2. any remote, thinly populated place. adjective. 3. in, from, or characteristic of backwoods. : also ˈbackˌwood.
Definition of backwoods noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Forestry) chiefly US and Canadian partially cleared, sparsely populated forests. 2. any remote sparsely populated place. 3. ( modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods. 4. ( modifier) uncouth; rustic.
Backwoods definition, wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts. See more.
May 9, 2024 · /ˌbækˌˈwʊdz/ IPA guide. Definitions of backwoods. noun. a remote and undeveloped area. synonyms: back country, boondocks, hinterland. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Backwoods." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/backwoods. Accessed 09 May. 2024. Copy citation. VocabTrainer™.
a place in the countryside that is a long way from any town and in which not many people live: I grew up in the backwoods, with no cable TV and no Internet access. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Towns & regions: the countryside. AONB. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. backcountry. countrified. countryman. countrywoman.
Backwoods Definition. Heavily wooded, uncultivated, thinly settled areas. Heavily wooded areas far from centers of population. An area that is far from population centers or that is held to be culturally backward. Any remote, thinly populated place.
