outback

== English == === Etymology === From out +‎ back. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtbæk/ === Noun === outback (usually uncountable, plural outbacks) (Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. 1951 June, W. J. Banks, Flying Doctors of the Outback, The Rotarian, page 23, Communication like this is making a big change in the lives of Australia′s “outback” people. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (the) bush ==== Derived terms ==== outbacker outbackery ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === outback (comparative more outback, superlative most outback) Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas. 2008, Mike Keenan, The Shadows of Horses, Easyread Large Edition, page 135, We had a frosty meeting and he took me around to the AML&F Co′s staff officer, requesting a jackaroo position for me on the company′s most outback station in Queensland. ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === outback (not comparable) To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== back o' Bourke, back of beyond, bush === Verb === outback (third-person singular simple present outbacks, present participle outbacking, simple past and past participle outbacked) To travel or stay in the outback === Anagrams === back out, backout