Meanings
nounbackdraft (plural backdrafts)
plural backdrafts · alternative back draft · alternative back draught · alternative backdraught
- USfirefightingSudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*baką
- Proto-West Germanic*bak
- Old Englishbæc
- Middle Englishbak
- Englishback
- Englishdraft
- Englishbackdraft
Translations
Finnish humahdus, leimahdus
- humahdusrecombustion
- leimahdusrecombustion
Polish powiew, podmuch
- powiewrecombustion
- podmuchrecombustion
Cite this entry
APA
backdraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backdraft
MLA
“backdraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backdraft. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backdraft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backdraft.
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