outback

Plural: outbacks

Noun

• Remote, sparsely populated, arid land, especially in Australia.
• the bush country of the interior of Australia
• The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

Adjective Satellite

• inaccessible and sparsely populated

Adj

• Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.

Adv

• To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.

Verb

• To travel or stay in the outback

Examples

• He felt lost, as if he’d wandered into the OUTBACK of his Scrabble rack, with no good plays in sight.

Synonyms

remote

Related Words

back o' Bourke, back of beyond, bush

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