backspace
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the typewriter key used for back spacing
Types & categories
- key hypernym
Parts & wholes
- typewriter keyboard part holonym
Related & opposite
- backspace derivation
Sense 2 verb
hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
To erase, you must backspace
Types & categories
- type hypernym
Related & opposite
- backspace key derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | backspace |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | typewriter keyboard |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | key |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backspace key |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | type |