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