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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:

Adjectives

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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