back
noun [C] (SPORT) /bæk/Definition
› (in some sports, such as football) one of the players in a team who try to stop players from the other team from scoring goals, rather than trying to score goals themselves → Compare forward nounFootball/soccerGeneral terms used in ball sportsCompetitors and participants in sports and games
(Definition of back noun (SPORT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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