"backless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbækləs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backless.wav
Rhymes: -ækləs Etymology: From back + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|back|less}} back + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} backless (not comparable)
  1. Having no back, especially where one would be expected, as with a chair or a dress. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having no back): rygløs (Danish), rückenfrei (German), bekles (Indonesian), ryggløs (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-backless-en-adj-iDODkezk Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'having no back': 74 26
  2. (of a person) Having the back uncovered, showing the skin. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having a back that shows skin): barrygget (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-backless-en-adj-sd4NPlmx Disambiguation of 'having a back that shows skin': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Clothing Derived forms: backlessness
Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0
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        "Having the back uncovered, showing the skin."
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        "(of a person) Having the back uncovered, showing the skin."
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no back",
      "word": "rückenfrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "having no back",
      "word": "bekles"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having no back",
      "word": "ryggløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having a back that shows skin",
      "word": "barrygget"
    }
  ],
  "word": "backless"
}

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