backness (English, noun)
expansion: backness (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Quality of being a back vowel.
tags: uncountable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: 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).
tags: uncountable
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