Complete Definition of "backless"

English
Etymology
back + -less
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�bækl�s/

Adjective
backless

  1. having no back, said of things that you usually expect to have backs, such as chairs or dresses

#*1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife
#*:The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa,...

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