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camelback

cam·el·back
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kam-uh l-bak]
    • /ˈkæm əlˌbæk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kam-uh l-bak]
    • /ˈkæm əlˌbæk/

Definitions of camelback word

  • noun camelback a locomotive having its cab situated astride the boiler, halfway along it, rather than at the rear of the boiler 3
  • adjective camelback designating a style of sofa, chair, etc. characterized by a convex curve, suggesting a camel's hump, in the top rail of the back 3
  • noun camelback the back of a camel: They traveled through the desert on camelback. 1
  • noun camelback a curved back of a sofa or chair, having a central rising section between two lower sections. 1
  • adjective camelback having a shape resembling the humped back of a camel. 1
  • adverb camelback on camelback: to ride camelback. 1
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Parts of speech for Camelback

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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camelback popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for camelback

adjective camelback

  • arched — An arched roof, window, or doorway is curved at the top.
  • humped — having a hump.
  • curved — A curved object has the shape of a curve or has a smoothly bending surface.
  • rounded — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
All 4 Synonyms of camelback

Antonyms for camelback

adjective camelback

  • flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
Just one Antonym for camelback

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Related words

  • camelback truss

    a roof truss having upper and lower chords curving upward from a common point at each side.
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