palindrome Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

WordNet

Pal"in*drome noun
Etymology
Gr. running back again; again + to run: cf. F. palindrome.
Definitions
  1. A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.

Webster 1913