"backslope" meaning in English

See backslope in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: backslopes [plural]
Etymology: From back + slope. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|slope}} back + slope Head templates: {{en-noun}} backslope (plural backslopes)
  1. A downward slope away from the bank of a river, mountain, etc.
    Sense id: en-backslope-en-noun-JPtsr-3R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "foreslope"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "back",
        "3": "slope"
      },
      "expansion": "back + slope",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back + slope.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "backslopes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "backslope (plural backslopes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2015 July 6, “Potential Efficiency of Riparian Vegetated Buffer Strips in Intercepting Soluble Compounds in the Presence of Subsurface Preferential Flows”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:",
          "text": "Thus, A and B were along the creek at the footslope, while C was at the backslope and D was at the shoulder.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-backslope-en-noun-JPtsr-3R",
      "links": [
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          "slope",
          "slope"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "backslope"
}
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    {
      "word": "foreslope"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "back",
        "3": "slope"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back + slope.",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "backslope (plural backslopes)",
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English lemmas",
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      ],
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          "slope"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "river",
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        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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