Backwater

What do we mean by backwater?

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

A body of water thus formed. noun

A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward. noun

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. noun

1. Water flowing in from behind. noun

Water thrown back by the turning of a water-wheel or the paddles of steamboats, etc. noun

Water held or forced back, as in a mill-race or in a tributary stream, in consequence of some obstruction, as a dam or flood. noun

An artificial accumulation of water obtained at high tide and reserved in reservoirs, to be discharged at low tide for clearing off deposits in channel-beds and tideways. noun

A creek or arm of the sea which runs parallel to the coast, having only a narrow slip of land between it and the sea, and communicating with the latter by barred entrances. noun

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. noun

An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction. noun

Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer. noun

The water held back by a dam or other obstruction noun

A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc. noun

A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water noun

To row or paddle a backwater stroke. verb

To vacillate on a long-held position. verb

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

A place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring noun

The water held back by a dam or other obstruction

A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.

A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water

Words that are spelled similarly to backwater:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word backwater:
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Words that rhyme with backwater:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe backwater:
quiet, provincial, little, cultural, economic, rural, sleepy, stagnant, political, colonial, remote, intellectual, small, isolated, relative, peaceful, shallow, pleasant, mere, agricultural, academic, military, impoverished, commercial, obscure, scientific, strategic, tranquil, industrial, technological, narrow, sluggish, placid, tropical, primitive, calm, tiny, still, muddy, swampy, dull, comparative, insignificant, variable, southern, artistic, quaint, unimportant, feudal, literary, sheltered, diplomatic, evolutionary, secluded, rustic, musical, conservative, dusty, dreary, distant, charming, strange, agrarian, ridden, administrative, bureaucratic, parochial, picturesque, aforesaid, shady, african, bucolic, imperial, dismal, delightful, lonely, safe, lazy, somnolent, asian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective backwater:
effects, valves, areas, blues, curve, effect, curves, lakes, men, method, flooding.

Consonant match to backwater:
back water.

Words that sound like backwater:
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