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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: backwater
backwater
n 1: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by
being held or forced back by a dam;
“the bayous and
backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos”
2: any backward region that is isolated from the world and
resists progress
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Backwater
Backwater
\Back"wa`ter\, n. [Back, a. or adv. + -water. ]
1. Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an
opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer
or river channel, or across a river bar.
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2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused
by an obstruction.
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3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
the paddle wheels of a steamer.
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