back matter

back matter

See also: backmatter and back-matter

English

Noun

back matter (uncountable)

1. The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text, including the afterword, index and bibliography; the end matter.

Alternative forms

• backmatter
• back-matter

Synonyms

• end matter; see also Thesaurus:back matter

Related terms

• front matter
• body matter
• end matter

Translations

parts of a book that appear after the text

Danish: bagtekst Dutch: nawerk (nl) n Finnish: jälkiteksti French: posttexte

German: Nachspann Icelandic: baktexti Norwegian: baktekst, ettertekst, posttekst Swedish: eftertext (sv)

References

• Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) →ISBN