1. A keyboard key used to delete the previous letter
   - backspace key, backspacer

1. Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
   "To erase, you must backspace"

Derived forms: backspaced, backspacing, backspaces

Type of: key, type, typewrite

Part of: typewriter keyboard

Encyclopedia: Backspace

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