backrest

English

Etymology

Compound of back +‎ rest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌɹɛst/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

backrest (plural backrests)

2. The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

   Synonym: back

   • 2011, Thad Nodine, chapter 3, in Touch and Go: A Novel, [Lakewood, Colo.]: Unbridled Books, →ISBN, page 39:

     I can identify the pattern of wood grain on my chair at Mom and Dad's kitchen table, but I don't try to sketch it in my mind. For me, chairness is nonvisual; it's the feel of a seat connected to four legs and a backrest.

3. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.

Translations

back piece of a chair — see also back

• Catalan: respatller (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靠背 (zh) (kàobèi)

• Czech: opěradlo (cs) n, opěrka f
• Danish: ryglæn (da) n, rygstød n, rygstøtte c
• Dutch: rugleuning (nl)
• Finnish: selkänoja (fi)
• French: dossier (fr) n
• German: Rückenlehne (de) f
• Hebrew: מִסְעָד (he) m (mis'ád)
• Hungarian: háttámla (hu)
• Icelandic: bak (is) n, bakstoð f, bakfjöl f
• Italian: schienale (it) m
• Japanese: 背もたれ (semotare)
• Latvian: atzveltne f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ryggstø n

  Nynorsk: ryggstø n or f

• Persian: پشتی (fa) (pošti)
• Plautdietsch: Rigjlän f
• Portuguese: espaldar (pt), encosto (pt)
• Romanian: spătar (ro) n
• Russian: спи́нка (ru) f (spínka)
• Serbo-Croatian: наслон m
• Slovak: operadlo n, opierka f
• Spanish: respaldo (es) m, espaldar (es) m, respaldar (es) m
• Swedish: ryggstöd (sv) n
• Turkish: arkalık (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: آرقه‌لق (arkalık)

• Ukrainian: спи́нка f (spýnka)
• Zazaki: phastek c

guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 導板 / 导板 (dǎobǎn)

• Finnish: välituki
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Starbeck, backster, brackets