back matter

See also: backmatter and back-matter

English

Noun

back matter (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

end matter; see also Thesaurus:back matter

Related terms

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

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