1. the side of an object that is opposite its front; - Example: "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: rear, backside, back end]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
back end
n 1: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room
was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: rear, backside,
back end] [ant: forepart, front, front end]