backwood
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backwood
- /ˈbækˌwʊd/ US
Where it comes from
From back + wood; compare backwater.
adjective
- Native to or located in a remote rural location. The house itself, although far more spacious and comfortable than the majority of backwood farmhouses, was built in the usual fashion, of solid logs, and was evidently designed to resist attack.
- Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified. Here, after supper, most of the company stretched themselves in backwood style, before the fire; but Washington was shown into a bedroom.
Talk about this word "backwood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/backwood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. backwood. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/backwood "backwood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/backwood.
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@misc{backwood_2026,
title = {backwood},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backwood},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
