"back matter" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} back matter (uncountable)
  1. The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text, including the afterword, index and bibliography; the end matter. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: backmatter, back-matter, end matter, back matter Holonyms: book Meronyms: afterword, appendix, bibliography, colophon, glossary, index Related terms: back of the book Coordinate_terms: front matter, body matter Translations (parts of a book that appear after the text): bagtekst (Danish), nawerk [neuter] (Dutch), jälkiteksti (Finnish), posttexte (French), Nachspann (German), Rückenmaterie [feminine] (German), baktexti (Icelandic), baktekst (Norwegian), ettertekst (Norwegian), posttekst (Norwegian), matéria pós-textual [feminine] (Portuguese), elementos pós-textuais [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), pós-texto [masculine] (Portuguese), eftertext (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-back_matter-en-noun-LPMTLOjG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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      "word": "bagtekst"
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      "word": "Nachspann"
    },
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      "sense": "parts of a book that appear after the text",
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      "sense": "parts of a book that appear after the text",
      "word": "baktexti"
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      "sense": "parts of a book that appear after the text",
      "word": "baktekst"
    },
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      "sense": "parts of a book that appear after the text",
      "word": "ettertekst"
    },
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      "sense": "parts of a book that appear after the text",
      "word": "posttekst"
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      "word": "pós-texto"
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      "sense": "parts of a book that appear after the text",
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