Definition of Back matter

1. Noun. Written matter following the main text of a book.

Exact synonyms: End Matter
Generic synonyms: Matter
Terms within: Addendum, Postscript, Supplement, Index

Definition of Back matter

1. Noun. the parts of a book that appear after the text, including the afterword, index and bibliography. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Back Matter

back in
back in the day
back injuries
back into
back issue
back judge
back kitchen
back kitchens
back labor
back labors
back labour
back labours
back lens
back line
back lines
back matter (current term)
back mutation
back number
back numbers
back o' Bourke
back of beyond
back of foot reflex
back of one's mind
back off
back office
back on to
back onto
back out
back pack
back page

Literary usage of Back matter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Moon-O-Theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"... back matter 18 Ethnic-cleansing Verses in the Koran Sura & Period Note: The ethnic-cleansing verses in this table are also found in the list of 164 War ..."

2. The Quinn & Boden Co., Book Manufacturers: Showing the Plant and Product by Quinn and Boden Company, Rahway, N.J., Quinn & Boden Company, The Quinn & Boden co., Rahway, N. J. (1922)
"Nature and order of front matter and back matter. Size and style of types for front matter and back matter. Size and style of types for footnotes, extracts, ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"... matter of less immediate interest is, in this instance, taken away, and kept as back matter for a future day, to make room for the latest intelligence. ..."

4. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy, ( (1879)
"... and in the same act take" up energy which becomes potential in the separated carbon: and they give back matter to the inorganic world in respiration; ..."

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