goback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An emigrant heading west on the Oregon Trail who gave up and turned back to the east.
  2. A section of honeycomb that is unfinished and returned to the hive.

Word forms

goback gobacks

Etymology

Deverbal from go back.

Synonyms

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