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backstall

Meaning of "backstall" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BACKSTALL

ˈbækˌstɔːl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKSTALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backstall is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACKSTALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of backstall in the English dictionary

The definition of backstall in the dictionary is the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKSTALL

bookstall · choir-stall · fingerstall · footstall · forestall · headstall · instal · install · know-it-all · laystall · reinstal · reinstall · shockstall · stall · tall · thumbstall · uninstall · whipstall

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKSTALL

backspacer · backspeir · backspin · backsplash · backstab · backstabber · backstage · backstage pass · backstair · backstairs · backstamp · backstarting · backstay · backstitch · backstop · backstopped · backstopping · backstreet · backstroke · backswept

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKSTALL

and all · at all · ball · baseball · basketball · box stall · call · fall · football · for all · fruit stall · go to the wall · hall · in all · mall · refreshment stall · set out one´s stall · shower stall · walk tall · white elephant stall

Synonyms and antonyms of backstall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «backstall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACKSTALL

Find out the translation of backstall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of backstall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backstall» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

backstall
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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backstall
570 millions of speakers
en

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backstall
510 millions of speakers
hi

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backstall
380 millions of speakers
ar

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backstall
280 millions of speakers
ru

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backstall
278 millions of speakers
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backstall
270 millions of speakers
bn

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backstall
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

reculer dans
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Backstall
190 millions of speakers
de

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Backstall
180 millions of speakers
ja

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backstall
130 millions of speakers
ko

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backstall
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Backstall
85 millions of speakers
vi

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backstall
80 millions of speakers
ta

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backstall
75 millions of speakers
mr

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बॅकस्टॉल
75 millions of speakers
tr

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backstall
70 millions of speakers
it

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backstall
65 millions of speakers
pl

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backstall
50 millions of speakers
uk

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backstall
40 millions of speakers
ro

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backstall
30 millions of speakers
el

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backstall
15 millions of speakers
af

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backstall
14 millions of speakers
sv

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backstall
10 millions of speakers
no

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backstall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backstall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKSTALL»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backstall

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKSTALL»

Discover the use of backstall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backstall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Of Certain English Surnames and Their Occasional Odd Phases ...
County City Town Freeborough Parish Hamlet Arch Camp Foss Hall Casement Frieze Hermitage Backstall Castle Home Banister Chambers Gable House * Barns Chimney Gallery Hovell (Goodbarn) Corner Garner Hutt Barnewall Cott Garden ...
Christopher Legge Lordan, 1874
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How I Got This Way
He again looked at me with thosecoldsteel gray eyes and simply said, “The backstall needs cleaning out... and before lunch.” Then he just walked out of the barn. I grabbed a pitchfork, threw itin the wheelbarrow,and went to work.I was mad ...
George Hampton Sr.
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On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the ...
... J. backspauld, shoulder, J . backspeed, W. backspcir, cross examine,J . backspeirer, J . backsprent. backbone, J'. backstafi', \V. 1627 backstair 2, 3 page of the backstairs, C. backstall, RP. 1548 backstand 2 1630 backstay 2, 3 backstay stool, ...
Richard Chenevix Trench, 1857
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra to Z
In garrotting the actual perpetrator of the outrage : his operations are covered in front by the FORESTALL {q.v.), and in the rear by the backstall {q.v.): also NASTY -MAN : see STALE. Uhlan, subs, (tailors').— A tramp. Ullage, subs, (common).
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1904
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Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin: Annual Session
Leave of absence was granted To Messrs. Shepard, Laverrenz, Price, Ilerzer and Steele until Wednesday morning. To Messrs. L. J. Smith, Blakeslee, Sloan, Briggs , Hoive and A. Peterson until to morrow morning. To Mr. Backstall" indefinitely.
Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly, 1881
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Patents for inventions. Abridgments of specifications
"A certaine commodious instrument called " a backstall, back frame, or back skreene, for the ease and releife " of such sick persons and others as are or shalbe distempered or " troubled with heate of theire backes through continuall keeping ...
Patent office, 1869
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Blue Taboo
Round in the backstall,Sun King stood on his hindlegs, rearing up as if in salute. Thetwo men eventually started towalk away from the barn. Behind them, the little bluecolt stood silently staring at the two departing men, his coat glittering and ...
Jacki Edmonds, 2004
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New Official Vocabulary for Telegrams in Preconcerted ...
... Backslang Backslide Backslider Backsmaten Backspeed Backspeir Backspeise Backspice Backspring Backstaff Backstair Backstairs Backstall Backstand Backstay Backstays Backstein Backstep Backsteps Backstitch Backstone Backstream ...
International Telegraph Bureau, Bern, 1899
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Bloody Hills
Leaving roomfor nomore discussion on the matter, he wheeled the gray andstarted outon the trailto DryFork. Relieved and grateful, Rachael followed. ** * Sonny Demry wasthefirst to spotthe travelers. Rakingsomewet hay from the backstall ...
Charles G. West, 2004
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
The n. and the v., rob with or by throttling, with their natural derivatives, are S.E. ex the S.E. sense, execution by strangulation; see, however, BACKSTALL; FRONT-STALL, and UGLY or NASTY MAN. Ex Sp. garrote, a stipk: cf. garrot, a surgical ...
Eric Partridge, 2003

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKSTALL»

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Boa Constrictor Strangling Steve Backshall [Video]
You'll notice that we never actually see the boa constrictor being successfully removed from around Backstall's neck. Uh oh. But it's all part of ... «The Inquisitr, Apr 13»
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