backness

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Synonyms: blackness, backless, wackness, sickness, darkness, rankness, tackiness, backrest, blankness, dankness, darckness, baroness

Antonyms: blackness, backless, wackness, sickness, darkness, rankness, tackiness, backrest, blankness, dankness, darckness, baroness

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|phonetics}} Quality of being a [[back vowel]].
2. {{lb|en|phonetics}} A quality of vowels, indicating the horizontal position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth (front, near-front, central, near-back, or back).

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