backwoods (redirected from backwoodsy)

back·woods  (bkwdz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. Heavily wooded, uncultivated, thinly settled areas.

2. An area that is far from population centers or that is held to be culturally backward.

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backwoodsman n.

backwoodsy (-wdz) adj.

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backwoods [ˈbækwʊdz]

pl n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Chiefly US and Canadian partially cleared, sparsely populated forests

2. any remote sparsely populated place

3. (modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods

4. (modifier) uncouth; rustic

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

backwoods - a remote and undeveloped area         back country, boondocks, hinterland rural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

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backwoods

plural noun sticks (informal), outback, back country (U.S.), back of beyond, backlands (U.S.) the backwoods of Louisiana

Translations

backwoods [ˈbækwʊdz]

A. NPL → región f apartada → Las Batuecas

B. CPD backwoods community N → comunidad f rústica

backwoods [ˈbækwʊdz]

npl (= isolated area) → coin m reculé, coin m perdu
the backwoods of → le fin fond de

modif [town, area] → reculé(e)

backwoods [ˈbækwʊdz]

1. npl (Am) → zona sg rurale isolata

2. adj → rurale

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backwoods [ˈbækwʊdz]

1. npl (Am) → zona sg rurale isolata

2. adj → rurale