"backset" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: backsets [plural]
Etymology: back + set Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|set}} back + set Head templates: {{en-noun}} backset (plural backsets)
  1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
    Sense id: en-backset-en-noun-GFiRrxjr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 30 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 30 24
  2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
    Sense id: en-backset-en-noun-OaunFNl8

Verb

Forms: backsets [present, singular, third-person], backsetting [participle, present], backset [participle, past], backset [past]
Etymology: back + set Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|set}} back + set Head templates: {{en-verb|backsets|backsetting|backset}} backset (third-person singular simple present backsets, present participle backsetting, simple past and past participle backset)
  1. (US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring. Tags: US, Western, especially
    Sense id: en-backset-en-verb-7ytGpkAC Categories (other): American English, Western US English

Inflected forms

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