camel back

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Definition of camel back in English English dictionary

camelback
Anything shaped like the back of a camel
camelback
A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor

My friend lived in a camelback, we used to have fun climbing out of the window onto the roof below.

camelback
A camelback sofa or chair

He fell back relieved into his favourite camelback with a gin and tonic.

camelback
The backs of camels

We travelled across the desert on camelback.

camelback
A flexible water container worn on the back

An empty camelback is a blessing and a curse; it means that it is easy to carry, but it means you have no water.

camelback
Having a shaped back; particularly a shape with a raised middle

The Victorian camelback sofa looked out of place in the brightly lit room.

camelback
A railway locomotive that has it's cab in the middle as opposed to at the end

The camelbacks were designed to help with the visibility problems inherent in putting the driver behind the entire engine.

camelback
A type of rubber used in tyre restoration

The camelback rubber produced in this plant is shipped around the world.

the straw that broke the camel's back
A small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something

As the last straw breaks the laden camel's back.

camelback
{s} on a camel's back
straw that broke the camel's back
last in a series of problems that finally caused a situation to become unbearable
camel back

    Hyphenation

    cam·el back

    Turkish pronunciation

    kämıl bäk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkaməl ˈbak/ /ˈkæməl ˈbæk/
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