BACKSPACER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backspacer mean? 

• BACKSPACER (noun)
  The noun BACKSPACER has 1 sense:

1. the typewriter key used for back spacing

  Familiarity information: BACKSPACER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKSPACER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The typewriter key used for back spacing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backspace; backspace key; backspacer

Hypernyms ("backspacer" is a kind of...):

key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Holonyms ("backspacer" is a part of...):

typewriter keyboard (a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed)

Derivation:

backspace (hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard)