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General Slang
the outback
OWT-bak · noun · informal
remote inland Australia
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The vast, arid, sparsely populated interior of the continent.
“They did a big loop through the outback in a beat-up troopy.”
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the outback In A Sentence
They did a big loop through the outback in a beat-up troopy.
Origin & Usage
From 'out back' (beyond the settled areas).
People Also Ask
What is the outback?
It's the vast, dry, sparsely populated interior of Australia, far from the coastal cities — the classic red-dirt inland country.
Where does the word outback come from?
It comes from 'out back', meaning the land beyond the settled and farmed areas, out the back of the towns.
Is the outback the same as the bush?
They overlap but differ. 'The bush' is any rural or forested country, while 'the outback' specifically means the remote, arid interior.
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