BACK END

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The side of an object that is opposite its front

Example:

his room was toward the rear of the hotel

Synonyms:

back end; backside; rear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("back end" is a kind of...):

face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "back end"):

nape; nucha; scruff (the back side of the neck)

rearward (direction toward the rear)