backspace key

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   the typewriter key used for back spacing

   Synonymsbackspacebackspacer

   Broaderkey

   Part oftypewriter keyboard

Questions about backspace key

What does backspace key mean?

backspace key means "the typewriter key used for back spacing".

What is another word for backspace key?

Close synonyms include backspace, backspacer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is backspace key a common word?

backspace key 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.