backwoods adj : inaccessible and sparsely populated [syn: backwoods(a), outback(a), remote] n : a remote and undeveloped area [syn: back country, boondocks, hinterland]

English

Etymology

From back + woods

Noun

backwoods (pl)

1. Partly or wholly uncleared forest
2. A remote or sparsely inhabited region; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life

Adjective

1. Pertaining to the backwoods.
2. Rough, uncouth, coarse or crude in social matters.

References

Derived terms

• backwoodsman

Backwoods is the name of a 2008 film starring Ryan Merriman & Haylie Duff.

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