camelback

[ kam-uhl-bak ]

/ ˈkæm əlˌbæk /

noun

the back of a camel: They traveled through the desert on camelback.

a curved back of a sofa or chair, having a central rising section between two lower sections.

adjective

having a shape resembling the humped back of a camel.

adverb

on camelback: to ride camelback.

Origin of camelback

camel + back¹

Words nearby camelback

Cambyses, camcorder, Camden, came, camel, camelback, camel case, camel cricket, cameleer, camel grass, camelhair

Example sentences from the Web for camelback

He had left the highway and was following the wheel-tracks which led across the desert to Camelback Mountain.
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor|Annie Fellows Johnston
I have finished my legend at last,—the legend I have made about Camelback Mountain.
The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston
None of them but Fekmah had ever had the experience of riding on camelback.
Captured by the Arabs|James H. Foster
People's faces at first, then the outline of Camelback Mountain.
The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston

Then she kept turning to look back at old Camelback Mountain, until it, too, faded from sight in the fading day.
The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston

单词	camelback
释义	camelback [ kam-uhl-bak ] / ˈkæm əlˌbæk / noun the back of a camel: They traveled through the desert on camelback. a curved back of a sofa or chair, having a central rising section between two lower sections. adjective having a shape resembling the humped back of a camel. adverb on camelback: to ride camelback. Origin of camelback camel + back¹ Words nearby camelback Cambyses, camcorder, Camden, came, camel, camelback, camel case, camel cricket, cameleer, camel grass, camelhair Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for camelback He had left the highway and was following the wheel-tracks which led across the desert to Camelback Mountain. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor\|Annie Fellows Johnston I have finished my legend at last,—the legend I have made about Camelback Mountain. The Little Colonel in Arizona\|Annie Fellows Johnston None of them but Fekmah had ever had the experience of riding on camelback. Captured by the Arabs\|James H. Foster People's faces at first, then the outline of Camelback Mountain. The Little Colonel in Arizona\|Annie Fellows Johnston Then she kept turning to look back at old Camelback Mountain, until it, too, faded from sight in the fading day. The Little Colonel in Arizona\|Annie Fellows Johnston
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