backstop

Nouns

  • (n) (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher catcher,
  • (n) (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
  • (n) a precaution in case of an emergency
    • he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong

Verbs

  • (v) act as a backstop

Synonyms

catcher

Words of close approximity

backstay