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1. (n.) backwater
water held back, as by a dam, flood, or tide.
2. backwater
a place of stagnant backwardness.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) backwater
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. (noun) backwater
a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
"the country is an economic backwater"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) backwater
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
2. (noun) backwater
an accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction
3. (noun) backwater
water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer
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Sense: a stretch of river not in the main stream.
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 Afrikaans: systroom |
 Arabic: مِياهٌ تُدْفَعُ إلى الورا |
 Bulgarian: застояла вода |
 Brazilian: riacho |
 Czech: stojatá voda |
 German: der Seitenarm |
 Danish: biflod |
 Greek: στάσιμα νερά |
 Spanish: brazo de río estancado |
 Estonian: jõesopp |
 Farsi: آب راکد |
 Finnish: sivujoki |
 French: bras de décharge, bras mo |
 Hebrew: פֶלֶג מָים |
 Hindi: अप्रवाही जल |
 Croatian: povlačenje vode od obale |
 Hungarian: holtág |
 Indonesian: air yang dibendung |
 Icelandic: straumlaus vík í fljótsba |
 Italian: acqua stagnante, riflusso |
 Japanese: もどり水 |
 Korean: 역류 |
 Lithuanian: užutekis |
 Latvian: atteka |
 Malay: air buri |
 Dutch: binnenwater |
 Norwegian: bakevje |
 Polish: martwa odnoga |
 Persian: آب راکد |
 Pashto: گندلی اوبه |
 Portuguese: riacho |
 Romanian: braţ; răstoacă |
 Russian: заводь |
 Slovak: stojatá voda |
 Slovenian: mrtev rokav |
 Serbian: ustajala voda na reci |
 Swedish: bakvatten, bakström |
 Thai: สาขาของแม่น้ำที่แยกออกมา |
 Turkish: durgun su |
 Taiwanese: 河川某段水流受阻所形成的回水 |
 Ukrainian: заводь |
 Urdu: بند پانی ، بند کھاڑی |
 Vietnamese: chỗ đọng nước |
 Chinese: 回流 |
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