Cases of word usage

1) the soft growth between the back of the nose and the throat, sometimes making breathing difficult (adenoids)

2) (used to show a length of time measured back to a point in the past); before now (ago)

3) a part of a wall set back from the rest, often with a bed or seats (alcove)

4) the part of a view, picture etc that is at the back or behind the main objects, people etc (background)

5) towards the back or beginning (backward)

6) salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a big (bacon)

7) in, to, a position at or further back (behind)

8) the shell on the back of a tortoise etc (carapace)

9) to get one's health and strength back after an illness (convalesce)

10) to shrink back because of cold, misery, fear, shame (cower)