noun
- (often used with a singular verb) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.
- any remote or isolated area.
adjective Also back·wood, back·woods·y.
- of or relating to the backwoods.
- unsophisticated; uncouth.
pl n
- mainly US and Canadian partially cleared, sparsely populated forests
- any remote sparsely populated place
- (modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods
- (modifier) uncouth; rustic