backrest

English

Etymology

Compound of back +‎ rest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌɹɛst/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

backrest (plural backrests)

2. The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

   Synonym: back

   • 2011, Thad Nodine, chapter 3, in Touch and Go: A Novel, [Lakewood, Colo.]: Unbridled Books, →ISBN, page 39:

     I can identify the pattern of wood grain on my chair at Mom and Dad's kitchen table, but I don't try to sketch it in my mind. For me, chairness is nonvisual; it's the feel of a seat connected to four legs and a backrest.

3. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.

Translations

back piece of a chair — see also back

Catalan: respatller (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 靠背 (zh) (kàobèi) Czech: opěradlo (cs) n, opěrka f Danish: ryglæn (da) n Dutch: rugleuning (nl) Finnish: selkänoja (fi) French: dossier (fr) n German: Rückenlehne (de) f Hebrew: מִסְעָד (he) m (mis'ád) Hungarian: háttámla (hu) Icelandic: bak (is) n, bakstoð f, bakfjöl f Italian: schienale (it) m Japanese: 背もたれ (semotare) Latvian: atzveltne f Norwegian: Bokmål: ryggstø n Nynorsk: ryggstø n or f Ottoman Turkish: آرقه‌لق (arkalık) Persian: پشتی (fa) (pošti) Plautdietsch: Rigjlän f Portuguese: espaldar (pt), encosto (pt) Romanian: spătar (ro) n Russian: спи́нка (ru) f (spínka) Serbo-Croatian: наслон m Slovak: operadlo n, opierka f Spanish: respaldo (es) m, espaldar (es) m, respaldar (es) m Swedish: ryggstöd (sv) n Turkish: arkalık (tr) Ukrainian: спи́нка f (spýnka) Zazaki: phastek c

guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe

Chinese: Mandarin: 導板 / 导板 (dǎobǎn) Finnish: välituki Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Starbeck, backster, brackets