backspacer

A noun referring to a key on a typewriter or keyboard that moves the carriage or cursor backward, typically used for correcting errors.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la tecla de una máquina de escribir o teclado que desplaza el carro o el cursor hacia atrás, empleada generalmente para corregir errores.

1. Typewriter key B2 formal

   A key on a typewriter that moves the carriage back one space, allowing the typist to correct or overtype a character.

   • She pressed the backspacer to correct the typo.
   • The backspacer on the old typewriter was stiff.
   • He used the backspacer to add an accent to the letter.

   🇪🇸Tecla de retroceso

   Sinónimos: backspacebackspace key