"backdraught" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.dɹɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: backdraughts [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English draught English backdraught From back + draught. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|back|draught|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English draught English backdraught [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "bend", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*baką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bak", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bæc", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bak", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "back", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "draught", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "backdraught", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="backdraught"> From back + draught. Head templates: {{en-noun}} backdraught (plural backdraughts)
  1. (firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: backdraft

Inflected forms

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