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Backspace
01
(in a computer, phone, etc.) a key on the keyboard used to erase the last letter or go backward
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
backspaces
to backspace
01
hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
backspace
3rd person singular
backspaces
Present participle
backspacing
Past simple
backspaced
Past participle
backspaced
Lexical Tree
backspace
back
space
