outback
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- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌbæk/
- Australian
:
interior de Australia
- More recently, Adrian Hyland has penned two novels set in the outback and featuring an Aboriginal policewoman.
- the Australian outback
- the outback of Australia
- here in the outback
And thank you, Robin and Ian, for your faith, for allowing someone from the Outback, so to speak, in Utah to come here.
- And thank you, Robin and Ian, for your faith, for allowing someone from the Outback, so to speak, in Utah to come here.
- Anyway, for this film, we're shooting in a drought Outback kind of farm area, so we really wanted to have that warm feel.
- Where about four months in, in the Outback of Australia with Alan Rickman, who's one of the best bad guys and and a Prince of a guy.
- And for me it was a place called Coober PD in the Australian Outback where they they mine for opals.
- But most interestingly, it's been used in the Australian Outback where they have to go quite some distance before they can reach, say, a Medical Center.
- No, the Bush, the Bush, the Outback.
Examples
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Lester had come a long way from his humble origins in the outback of New South Wales.
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Living in the outback means embracing a lifestyle that is often remote and rugged.
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"Finally, the case was over, and Dad took me off to the outback as a treat.
Fiction book (1995) -
Now, Mr. Jack from the outback...
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The only place they belong is deep in the outback.
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His voice was warm and soothing and reminded her of sunshine and the great Australian outback.
Fiction book (1995) -
You don't know what desolate means until you've seen some areas of the Australian outback.
Fiction book (1991) -
Many tourists visit the outback of Australia to experience its unique wildlife and stunning landscapes.
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The outback is known for its vast expanses of desert and open bushland.
Synonyms
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A wild area far from towns and roads, like a mountain
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A remote forest area far from towns and roads
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A large dry area in Australia far from cities and towns
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A remote part of the Australian outback that is very empty and hard to reach
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A distant land far beyond the sea
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A very remote part of the Australian outback that is wild and harsh
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A remote wild area far from towns and roads
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A wild area with bushes and small trees, often in Australia
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Far from towns and cities, often in the Australian outback
A rural area far from towns and cities with few people
Areas far from towns or cities where few people live and life is often hard
Antonyms
Compounds
How Remote
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- Australian
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- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outback comes from putting together out ('outside') and back ('the back country') in Australian English, creating the idea of land 'out' and 'behind' the towns. So, outback means the remote inland parts of Australia, far from cities.