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BACKSPACE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
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
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)
Conjugation: |
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)
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