Meaning

2 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.

  2. (plural, plural only)A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.

    abgelegene Gegend

    захолу́стьеzaxolústʹje, глушьglušʹ, глуби́нкаglubínka

More definitions
  • a remote and undeveloped area

Examples

6 sentences
  1. These people are from the backwoods.

    deDas sind Hinterwäldler.

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  2. Tom bought a backwoods cabin that was without electricity or running water.

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  3. People who resort to ad hominem arguments are all a bunch of backwoods jackasses.

    ruТе, кто в споре используют переходы на личности в качестве аргумента, - стадо дремучих тупиц.

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  4. We backwoods here.

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  5. In Paris, Benjamin Franklin was considered a backwoods Voltaire.

    deIn Paris galt Benjamin Franklin als ein Hinterwald-Voltaire.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a remote place:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a remote place:

Origin

From back + woods.

From back + woods.

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Forms

plural: backwoodses
Singularbackwoods
Pluralbackwoodses

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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