backstone

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noun

A stone at the rear of something.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

backstone1

nounbackstone (plural backstones)

plural backstones

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bakestone.

backstone2

nounbackstone (plural backstones)

plural backstones

  1. A stone at the rear of something.

    […] the backstones of the burial-chambers were a deep red.

    2000, Aubrey Burl, The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, page 225
    1 more example

    Backstones in an intact tomb normally function to support the capstone and to define the rear end of the chamber.

    2008, Tatjana Kytmannow, Portal Tombs in the Landscape, page 39

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Stoneback
Cite this entry
APA

backstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backstone

MLA

“backstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backstone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backstone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backstone.

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