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backness
English
Etymology
back +? -ness
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæk.n?s/
Noun
backness (uncountable)
- (phonetics) Quality of being a back vowel.
- Antonym: frontness
- Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description, p. 25 :
- The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding.
- (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the horizontal position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth (front, near-front, central, near-back, or back).
- Synonym: frontness
- Coordinate terms: (vertical dimension) height, (lip articulation) roundedness, length, nasalization, reduction
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backness From the web:
backless
English
Etymology
back +? -less
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?bækl?s/
Adjective
backless (not comparable)
- having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses
- a backless surgical gown
- 1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife
- The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa,...
- (of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin
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