backset

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noun

A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

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Meanings

nounbackset (plural backsets)

plural backsets

  1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
  2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.

    Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.

    (Can we date this quote?), Harper's Magazine
verbbackset (third-person singular simple present backsets, present participle backsetting, simple past and past participle backset)

present singular third person backsets · participle present backsetting

  1. USWesternespeciallyTo plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.

Origin

From back + set.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

setback
Cite this entry
APA

backset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backset

MLA

“backset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backset. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backset,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backset.

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