"backgate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backgates [plural]
Etymology: back + gate Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|gate}} back + gate Head templates: {{en-noun}} backgate (plural backgates)
  1. (electronics) A gate that supplies a negative voltage. Categories (topical): Electronics
  2. Alternative form of back gate Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: back gate
    Sense id: en-backgate-en-noun-xNIGey2k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 72 10
  3. (slang) The anus. Tags: slang Synonyms: back door
    Sense id: en-backgate-en-noun-TO8onq6H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back-gate

Inflected forms

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