backing
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
backing/ˈbakɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 material or moral support.
- 2 a layer of material that forms, protects, or strengthens the back of something.
- 3 (especially in popular music) musical or vocal accompaniment to the main singer or soloist.
- 4 Phonetics the movement of the place of formation of a sound towards the back of the mouth.
'backing' also found in these Oxford entries:
aegis
- backing track
- back-to-back
- backup
- bubble pack
- cloisonné
- collage
- each-way
- electro
- hip hop
- karaoke
- kwaito
- lightning strike
- linoleum
- mash-up
- mount
- pari-mutuel
- paste-up
- pool
- put
- ragga
- rap
- roll film
- scale board
- silver
- toast
- totalizator
- unbacked
