backstops

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Definitions of backstops word

noun backstops Plural form of backstop. 1
noun backstops plural of backstop. 0
verb backstops third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop. 0

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Parts of speech for Backstops

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backstops popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for backstops

noun backstops

blocks — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
dikes — a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
guards — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
palisades — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
ramparts — Fortification. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet.

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