Back vowel

/bˈak vˈaʊəl/

/bˈæk vˈaʊəl/

Back vowel

a classification of vowel sounds in phonetics that are produced with the back part of the tongue positioned closer to the back of the mouth

Examples

1. And back vowels, they're in the back and there's a much bigger cavity in the mouth.

2. And the back vowels, that's your

3. And, by contrast, back vowels used in words like huge-- huge, very big right now-- and humongous, and large.

4. That blue is front vowels and green is back vowels and you get much more front vowels with crackers and much more back vowels with ice creams.