outback

noun

out·​back ˈau̇t-ˈbak How to pronounce outback (audio)
-ˌbak
: isolated rural country especially of Australia

Examples of outback in a Sentence

people who live in the Australian outback tend to be self-sufficient
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This mismatch in the data between the different antennas caused the blur, so to remove it, the researchers eliminated the signal coming from the outer antennas to favor only the inner part of the telescope, which is spread out over about 2.3 square miles in the Australian outback. Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 30 June 2025 In northeastern Australia, more than a year’s worth of rain fell in just one week in March, kicking off rare flooding and a massive transformation throughout the country’s arid outback. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 But now, gin’s gone global, with new flavors popping up everywhere, from the Aussie outback to the U.S. West Coast. Noel Burgess, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Read Next World Armless creature with clawed toes found in Australian outback. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outback

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of outback was in 1893

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“Outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outback. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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