back-channel

1. 1.

   via a back channel

   “the failure of back-channel negotiations”

Questions about back-channel

What does back-channel mean?

back-channel means "via a back channel".

How many syllables are in back-channel?

back-channel has 3 syllables and divides as back--chan-nel under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is back-channel a common word?

back-channel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.