OUTBACK

Outback

The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush" which, colloquially, can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas.

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outback

Noun

  1. The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

Adjective

  1. Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.

Adverb

  1. To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.


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