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OUTBACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bush country of the interior of Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("outback" is a kind of...):
bush (a large wilderness area)
Instance hyponyms:
Never-Never (the remote outback of Australia; unpopulated desert country)
Holonyms ("outback" is a part of...):
Australian Desert; Great Australian Desert (general name given to all desert areas in Australia)
Derivation:
outback (inaccessible and sparsely populated)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inaccessible and sparsely populated
Synonyms:
outback; remote
Classified under:
Similar:
inaccessible; unaccessible (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all)
Derivation:
outback (the bush country of the interior of Australia)
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