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doc Definition of backwater
    English to English
    noun
  • 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.
    source: WordNet 3.0
  • a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
  • The country is an economic backwater.
    source: WordNet 3.0
  • 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.
  • source: Webster 1913
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