backstop

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
2. noun A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
3. noun A wall or fence behind home plate.
4. noun A catcher; the position of catcher.
5. noun The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
6. noun The longstop.
7. noun The wicket-keeper.
8. noun Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.

Similar words

backup underpin barrier buttress reinforcement seatback support backing supporting sustain

Often followed by

for technology to and the in of is technologies

Word family

backstopped backstopping backstops