small of the back
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The relatively narrow, lumbar region of the back.
Example Sentences
- "The plan was not feasible, for making a ninety-degree turn would have been impossible without nickel-alloy swivels inserted in the small of every man's back, and Lieutenant Scheisskopf was not sanguine at all about obtaining that many nickel-alloy swivels from Quartermaster or enlisting the co-operation of the surgeons at the hospital."
- "He remembered the smell of her skin in the overheated darkness of a coffin near the port, her fingers locked across the small of his back."