nonback
English
Etymology
Adjective
nonback (not comparable)
- (phonetics) Not back; not produced at the back of the mouth.
- 1982, John J McCarthy, Formal problems in semitic phonology and morphology:
- Therefore these facts are doubly anomalous, since they have not only gemination after a nonback vowel but also after a vowel that is stressed.
- 1982, John J McCarthy, Formal problems in semitic phonology and morphology:
- (medicine) Not of or pertaining to the back (rear side of the body).
- 1973, Lawrence W Friedmann, Lawrence Galton, Freedom From Backaches:
- As we have noted, back pain may stem from many nonback conditions, including peptic ulcer, prostate disease, kidney disease, retroverted uterus...
- 1973, Lawrence W Friedmann, Lawrence Galton, Freedom From Backaches: