Definition of "outback" in English

noun

1. (Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

   • 1951 June, W. J. Banks, Flying Doctors of the Outback, The Rotarian, page 23, Communication like this is making a big change in the lives of Australia′s “outback” people.

adjective

1. Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.

   • 2008, Mike Keenan, The Shadows of Horses, Easyread Large Edition, page 135, We had a frosty meeting and he took me around to the AML&F Co′s staff officer, requesting a jackaroo position for me on the company′s most outback station in Queensland.

adverb

1. To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.

verb

1. To travel or stay in the outback