Dictionary Check: rear

"rear" is a valid word!

Scrabble 4 points
Words with Friends 4 points

Definition

adjective

located in or toward the back or rear

Example: "the chair's rear legs"
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noun

the back of a military formation or procession

Example: "infantrymen were in the rear"
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noun

the side of an object that is opposite its front

Example: "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
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noun

the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

Example: "he stood at the back of the stage"
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noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Example: "he deserves a good kick in the butt"
noun

the side that goes last or is not normally seen

Example: "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
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