backless

English

Etymology

From back +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbækləs/

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• Rhymes: -ækləs

Adjective

backless (not comparable)

1. Having no back, especially where one would be expected, as with a chair or a dress.

   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, […]

2. (of a person) Having the back uncovered, showing the skin.

Derived terms

• backlessness

Translations

having no back

Danish: rygløs German: rückenfrei (de) Indonesian: bekles (id) Norwegian: Bokmål: ryggløs

having a back that shows skin

Norwegian: Bokmål: barrygget