backspacer

English Thesaurus

1. the typewriter key used for back spacing (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	key,
definition	:	a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	typewriter keyboard,
definition	:	a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	backspace,
definition	:	hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard (verb.communication)

derivation	:	backspace,
definition	:	hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard (verb.communication)