backstop

(băk'stŏp')
n.

1. Sports. A screen or fence used to prevent a ball from being thrown or hit far out of a playing area, as in baseball.
2. Baseball. A catcher.
3. Something that supports or bolsters.

tr.v., -stopped, -stop·ping, -stops.

1. To serve as a backstop for.
2. 1. To support or bolster: "The firm lacks a topflight strategic-consulting arm to backstop its technology gurus" (Alex Beam).
   2. To substitute for (another) in an emergency.

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• Baseball - backstop: a structure behind home plate which prevents a ball from entering the stands and which marks the boundary of the playing field; also slang, the catcher

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See words rhyming with "backstop."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagstopper, sidste udvej
v. tr. - danne bagstop for, danne bagtrop

Nederlands (Dutch)
achtervanger, vangscherm

Français (French)
n. - grillage/grille de fond de court (au base-ball), (Sport) attrapeur (au base-ball), receveur
v. tr. - servir de protection pour, soutenir, appuyer, remplacer (qn) (en cas d'urgence)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Catcher, Ball-/Kugelfang
v. - sich als Catcher verhalten, als Catcher arbeiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προστατευτικό πλέγμα αθλητικού χώρου

Italiano (Italian)
recinto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - batente (m), barreira (f)

Русский (Russian)
защитная сетка

Español (Spanish)
n. - receptor, red o valla para detener la pelota
v. tr. - recibir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (baseball) bollgaller bakom spelaren som slår bollen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
挡球网, 捕手, 挡住, 止住, 增援, 加强

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 擋球網, 捕手
v. tr. - 擋住, 止住, 增援, 加強

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 백네트(그물), 포수, 안전장치
v. tr. - 지원하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バックネット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مصد أو جدار أو حاجز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמצעי זהירות לשעת חירום, מחסום, תופס הכדור בכדור-בסיס‬
v. tr. - ‮תפס את הכדור בכדור-בסיס‬

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