About The Word Backwater
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Backwater
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What's The Definition Of Backwater?
[n] any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
Synonyms | Synonyms for Backwater: Related Terms | Find terms related to Backwater: abjure | arrest | back | back away | back down | back off | back out | back stream | back up | backcountry | backflow | backpedal | backtrack | backtrail | backwash | backwoods | boondocks | brake | bush | Charybdis | check | climb down | clip the wings | countercurrent | counterflow | counterflux | countermarch | crawfish out | cry off | curb | decelerate | delay | deny | detain | disavow | disclaim | disown | dodge | draw rein | duck | ease off | ease up | eat crow | eat humble pie | eddy | elude | evade | forswear | get around | go astern | go into reverse | gulf | gurge | hinterland | hold back | hold in check | hold up | impede | keep back | let down | let up | lose ground | lose momentum | lose speed | Maelstrom | make sternway | moderate | obstruct | recant | reef | refluence | reflux | regurgitation | rein in | relax | renege | renounce | repudiate | resile | retard | retract | reverse | revoke | set back | shirk | sidestep | slack off | slack up | slacken | slow | slow down | slow up | stay | sticks | swallow | swirl | take back | take in sail | throttle down | twirl | unsay | up-country | vortex | welsh | whirl | whirlpool | withdraw See Also | region Backwater In Webster's Dictionary \Back"wa`ter\, n. [Back, a. or adv. + -ward. ]
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.
2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused
by an obstruction.
3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
the paddle wheels of a steamer.
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