Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch.
Wiktionary
- n. the part of a racecourse that is farthest from the grandstand and parallel to the homestretch.
- n. the area adjacent to a racetrack where the horses are stabled and stable employees have temporary living accommodations.
Etymologies
- back + stretch (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Down the backstretch we flew, now doing over 90mph in a damn van.”
The Huffington Post: Binky Philips: How About a Spin Around Daytona Speedway, Hoss?
“Tuitert caught a break with his pairing — bronze medal winner Havard Bokko of Norway — and used him to draft on the backstretch twice en route to a track record of 1 minute, 45.57 seconds.”
Defeated Shani Davis plans to compete again in Sochi in 2014
“Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch, heartache's a going to the inside...”
“Greg Biffle gave me an unbelievable push down the backstretch.”
“And he gets out of the gate slowly and then starts picking up pace on the backstretch.”
“On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.”
The Huffington Post: Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track
“She will be wide into the first turn and down the backstretch, losing valuable ground.”
“We engage them where they are, bring them to where we are and see them enjoy a day at the racetrack, enjoy a morning on the backstretch at the local track.”
The Huffington Post: Liz O'Connell: Horse Racing 2011: NTRA Chief Alex Waldrop Weighs In
“On the backstretch, I tried to duck back in, but there was a lot of traffic.”
“Anna House But that changed in 2003 with the help of two racing enthusiasts, Michael Dubb and Eugene Melnyk, whose leadership created Anna House, a day-care center open every day for children whose parents are backstretch workers at Belmont and Aqueduct, which are less than 10 miles apart.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘backstretch’.
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back phrases/hyphens/compounds
backache to backyard
back-ache, back-aching, back-acter, back-acting, back-answer, back-bar, back-basket, back beat, back-bias, back-blast, back-blowing, back-boiler and 342 more...
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Derby Day!
List of terms one could expect to hear or read in connection with the Kentucky Derby, or high-stakes horse racing in general. This is an open list.
morning line, filly, field, post, favorite, two-year-old, colt, three-year-old, lifetime starts, trained, trainer, owner and 91 more...
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Five Consecutive Consonants
A list of words containing five consecutive consonants
I do not include words containing "y" as part of the 5-letter string, since that letter invariably functions as a vowel, as in rhythm. <...heartstricken, heartstruck, wellspring, offspring, yachtsman, worthwhile, backstretch, backstroke, downstream, downstroke, breaststroke, birthstone and 188 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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