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Noun: back vowel
  1. (phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth.
    "Examples of back vowels include "u" in "rule" and "o" in "pole"."

Type of: vowel, vowel sound

Encyclopedia: Back vowel

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back road
back room
back saw
back stance
back straight
back street
back talk
back to front
back tooth
back up
back vowel
back yer
backache
back-alley
backband
backbeat
backbench
backbencher
backbend
backbite
backbiter