backwater

Definition of Backwater in English :

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Noun

1. backwater

a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

Example Sentences:
'the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos'

2. backwater

a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring

Example Sentences:
'the country is an economic backwater'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Backwater

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noun

1.

a body of stagnant water connected to a river

2.

water held or driven back, as by a dam, flood, or tide

3.

an isolated, backward, or intellectually stagnant place or condition

verb back water

4. (intransitive)

to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat

Backwater

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noun

1.

water moved backward or held back by a dam, tide, etc.

2.

stagnant water in a small stream or inlet

3.

a place or condition regarded as stagnant, backward, etc.

a cultural backwater

adjective

4.

like a backwater; backward

Backwater

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n.

1.

a. Water held or pushed back by or as if by a dam or current.

b. A body of water thus formed.

c. An inlet or side channel, as on a river, that has little or no current.

2. A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward: "The running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business" (Business Week).

3. A rowing or paddling stroke in which the oar or paddle is pushed forward, used to check a boat's forward motion or move it backward.

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