Backwoods

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backwoods \Back"woods"\, n. pl. [Back, a. + woods.]
     The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  backwoods
       adj : inaccessible and sparsely populated [syn: {backwoods(a)}, {outback(a)},
              {remote}]
       n : a remote and undeveloped area [syn: {back country}, {boondocks},
            {hinterland}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "backwoods":
     back, back country, back of beyond, back-country, backcountry,
     backwash, backwater, backwood, backwoodsy, boondock, boondocks,
     borderland, brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, forests, frontier,
     hinterland, outback, outpost, sticks, sylvan, the bush, timbers,
     uninhabited region, up-country, virgin, virgin land,
     virgin territory, waste, wasteland, wild, wild West, wilderness,
     wilds, woodland, woodlands, woods