How to pronounce outback
American English pronunciation
OWT-bak
- IPA
- /ˈaʊtˌbæk/
- Syllables
- OWT · bak (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What outback means
The wild, dry land far from towns in Australia
In a sentence: They drove for hours across the outback without seeing a single town.
Where it comes from: It is an Australian word built from out and back, for the back country far out from the towns.
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