BACKTRACK | • backtrack n. The act of backtracking. • backtrack v. To retrace one’s steps. • backtrack v. To repeat or review work already done. |
BACKWORKS | • BACKWORK n. work done underground but not at the coalface. |
BLOCKWORK | • blockwork n. Masonry that uses large blocks (Of concrete etc.) rather than bricks. • BLOCKWORK n. hollow blocks of precast concrete used for building. |
BOOKRACKS | • bookracks n. Plural of bookrack. • BOOKRACK n. a support for an open book. |
BREAKBACK | • breakback adj. Synonym of backbreaking (“of work, very physically tiring”). • break␣back v. (Tennis, of a receiver) To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point… • BREAKBACK adj. crushing. |
BREAKNECK | • breakneck adj. Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather. • breakneck n. A fall that breaks the neck. • breakneck n. A dangerous steep place from which one could fall badly. |
BRICKKILN | • brickkiln n. A kiln in which bricks are baked. • BRICKKILN n. a kiln where bricks are made. |
BRICKLIKE | • bricklike adj. Resembling a brick. • BRICKLIKE adj. like a brick. |
BRICKWORK | • brickwork n. Those parts of items that are made of brick. • brickwork n. The quality of the construction of brick built items. • BRICKWORK n. a structure, such as a wall, built of bricks. |
BUCKRAKES | • BUCKRAKE n. a large agricultural rake, often attached to a tractor. |
CRACKBACK | • crackback n. (American football) A block in which the blocker, positioned wide, blocks back towards where the ball was snapped. • CRACKBACK n. in American football, an illegal block made by an offensive player. |
CROOKBACK | • crookback n. A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback. • CROOKBACK n. (Shakespeare) a hunchback. |
KICKBOARD | • kickboard n. A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmer’s upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements. • kickboard n. On pianos and organs, a vertical panel located above the pedals. • kickboard n. Synonym of kickplate (“strip at base of door to prevent scuffing”). |
KICKBOXER | • kickboxer n. (Martial arts) One who practices the martial art of kickboxing. • KICKBOXER n. one who practises kickboxing. |