- aid or support of any kind.
- supporters or backers collectively.
- something that forms the back or is placed at or attached to the back of anything to support, strengthen, or protect it.
- a curtain or flat placed behind a window, entrance, or other opening in a stage set to conceal the offstage area.
- material for backing a joist or rafter.
- a bevel given to the outer and upper edge of a hip rafter.
- the musical accompaniment for a soloist; backup.
- support given to a person, cause, or enterprise
- a body of supporters
- something that forms, protects, supports, or strengthens the back of something
- a scenic cloth or flat placed behind a window, door, etc, in a set to mask the offstage space
- musical accompaniment, esp for a pop singer
- the support in gold or precious metals for a country's issue of money in notes
- an anticlockwise change in wind direction
- a passageway running behind a row of terraced houses
