Thesaurus: 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.
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Definitions
- n. 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.
- n. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
- n. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
- n. a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
- n. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
- 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.
- n:100 n. a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam n. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring