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backlot

noun

Etymology

From back + lot.

  1. inherited from *hlutą✻
  2. inherited from *hlut✻
  3. inherited from hlot — “portion, choice, decision”
  4. inherited from lot
  5. compounded as backlot — “back + lot”

Definitions

  1. The farthest section of a parking lot.

  2. The area of a movie studio where outdoor scenes were filmed. It typically served as a…

    The area of a movie studio where outdoor scenes were filmed. It typically served as a generic "town", for example in westerns.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backlot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA