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English
Noun
back matter (uncountable)
- The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text.
- Synonyms: end matter; see also Thesaurus:back matter
- Antonym: front matter
- Coordinate terms: body matter, body text
- Meronyms: afterword, epilogue, postscript; appendix, addendum, supplement; index; bibliography; endnotes
Translations
parts of a book that appear after the text
References
- Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) →ISBN