outback

noun

out·​back ˈau̇t-ˈbak How to pronounce outback (audio)
-ˌbak
: isolated rural country especially of Australia

Examples of outback in a Sentence

people who live in the Australian outback tend to be self-sufficient
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Finding escaped marsupials in the vast Australian outback may sound much harder than finding a needle in a haystack. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025 Take the story of the longest living trapdoor spider, who survived in the Australian outback to the ripe age of 43. Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 Taking readers on a high-octane journey through the Australian outback, the story centers on Harvey Buck, a former soldier racing against time to reach his dying girlfriend. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025 With just a hundred or so residents in an area bigger than the Netherlands, this piece of the Australian outback is something precious in a world swamped by wireless signals: an island of unusual calm, a clear window onto the cosmos. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2017 See All Example Sentences for outback

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of outback was in 1893

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“Outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outback. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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