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Backstop

A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.

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📖 Definitions of "Backstop"

noun

1
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
2
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
3
A wall or fence behind home plate.
4
A catcher; the position of catcher.

verb

1
To serve as backstop for.
2
To bolster, support.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backstop"

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backupnoun	(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
underpinverb	(transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to form a basis of; to corroborate.
barriernoun	A structure that bars passage.
buttressnoun	(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
reinforcementnoun	(uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
seatbacknoun	The usually vertical portion of a chair or similar piece of furniture that supports the back.
supportnoun	(sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
backingnoun	Support, especially financial.
supportingnoun	That which supports something else; a support.
sustainnoun	(music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
netnoun	The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
endorsenoun	(heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
substantiateverb	(transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
wispnoun	A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
filletnoun	A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
guaranteenoun	Anything that assures a certain outcome.
stiffeningnoun	An item, material or feature that makes something stiffer.
tenderloinnoun	The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
nettingnoun	Something that acts as, or looks like, a net.
filetnoun	(American spelling) Alternative spelling of fillet. [(now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.]