setback

IPA: sˈɛtbæk

noun

  • An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)
  • (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
  • (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
  • An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
  • (possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
  • (archaic) A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

set back

IPA: sˈɛtbˈæk

verb

  • (transitive) To delay or obstruct.
  • (transitive) To remove from or allow distance.
  • (transitive) To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.
  • (transitive, idiomatic) To cost money.
  • To reverse, go backwards.

set-back

IPA: sˈɛtbæk

noun

  • structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
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