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BACK COUNTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does back country mean? 

BACK COUNTRY (noun)
  The noun BACK COUNTRY has 1 sense:

1. a remote and undeveloped areaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BACK COUNTRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A remote and undeveloped area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

back country; backwoods; boondocks; hinterland

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

country; rural area (an area outside of cities and towns)


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