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Backache

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An ache or pain in the back, especially the lower back.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. any pain or ache in the back

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. an ache localized in the back.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Any dull or continuous pain in the back.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an ache localized in the back

Word Usage

"I longed to comfort her, to tell them all that I was not at all hurt, that I had no pain whatever, -- even the backache, which is my almost daily companion, having left me since the fall, -- yet the terrible languor which controlled me seemed almost too great to be overcome."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

ache aching

Cross Reference

lumbago

Hyponym

lumbar pain lumbago

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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