Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shaped like a hump or an arching curve.
- noun A narrow house with one story in front and two in the rear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The backs of
camels . - noun countable A
flexible watercontainer worn on the back. - noun countable A house with a second
storey that does not completely cover theground floor . - noun countable A
railway locomotive that has itscab in the middle as opposed to at the end. - noun countable A
camelback sofa orchair . - noun uncountable A type of
rubber used intyre restoration. - adjective furniture Having a shaped back; particularly a shape with a raised middle.
- adjective more generically Anything shaped like the back of a camel.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The unique "camelback" ride sees you floating on a giant disc along a track at up to 43mph.
unknown title 2009
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I throw an mre in my pack with a full camelback of water.
what is the best food to keep you energized and alert while hunting big game? 2010
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I like to grab my 3wt orvis superfine, rucksack with camelback and hit up the mountain streams for brookies.
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I like to grab my 3wt orvis superfine, rucksack with camelback and hit up the mountain streams for brookies.
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Well .... thanks to you I go to the library instead of buying new books, We got a water filter on our sink and I use my camelback water bottle, that has saved us a TON on buying bottled water.
Question... Beth McC. 2009
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I throw an mre in my pack with a full camelback of water.
what is the best food to keep you energized and alert while hunting big game? 2010
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Just today, trotting down Hollywood Boulevard on camelback with two fellow members of the CIA that's what we mischievously named our Communist Islamic Alliance!
John Eskow: Commie Sharia Law IS Coming to America. So What Exactly is the Problem? John Eskow 2011
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Leave it to Paris Hilton to take “cavorting on camelback” to new heights.
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Just today, trotting down Hollywood Boulevard on camelback with two fellow members of the CIA that's what we mischievously named our Communist Islamic Alliance!
John Eskow: Commie Sharia Law IS Coming to America. So What Exactly is the Problem? John Eskow 2011
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Well .... thanks to you I go to the library instead of buying new books, We got a water filter on our sink and I use my camelback water bottle, that has saved us a TON on buying bottled water.
Archive 2009-11-01 Beth McC. 2009
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