back matter

See also: backmatter and back-matter

English

Alternative forms

• backmatter
• back-matter

Noun

back matter (uncountable)

1. The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text.

   Synonyms: end matter; see also Thesaurus:back matter

   Antonym: front matter

   Coordinate terms: body matter, body text

   Meronyms: afterword, epilogue, postscript; appendix, addendum, supplement; index; bibliography; endnotes

Related terms

• back of the book

Translations

parts of a book that appear after the text

• Danish: bagtekst
• Dutch: nawerk (nl) n
• Finnish: jälkiteksti
• French: posttexte
• German: Nachspann (de), Rückenmaterie f
• Icelandic: baktexti
• Norwegian: baktekst, ettertekst, posttekst
• Portuguese: matéria pós-textual f, elementos pós-textuais m pl, pós-texto m
• Swedish: eftertext (sv)

References

• Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) →ISBN