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Meaning of Backwoods | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbak.wʊdz

Definitions

  1. Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
    plural, plural-only
  2. A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
    plural, plural-only

Equivalents

العربية المعزل
Čeština divočina zapadákov
Français sous-bois
Italiano boscaglia
한국어 두메
Македонски пустелија
Polski ostęp
Português sertão
Svenska obygd
Türkçe yaban

Examples

“about that time, you may[…]reckon, if like me you belong to the back-woods, that I began to make up my acquaintance with hard times, and a plenty of them.”
“It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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