the outbacknoun [ S ]
uk/ˈaʊt.bæk/us/ˈaʊt.bæk/the areas of Australia that are far away from towns and cities, especially the desert areas in central Australia
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Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
- Bushman
- common
- desert
- dust bowl
- marginal land
- meadow
- moor
- moorland
- pampas
- pasture
- plain
- scrub
- steppe
- sward
- tall-grass prairie
- tundra
- undeveloped
- waste
- wasteland
- wild
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Examples from literature
- It’s very hot and dry in the outback and there are dangerous animals, like snakes.