Portuguese Meaning of backwater

Remanso

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Definitions and Meaning of backwater in English

Wordnet

backwater (n)

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

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

Webster

backwater (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.

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

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

FAQs About the word backwater

Remanso

a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam, a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurr

o fim do mundo,interior,arbusto,País,interior,fronteira,interior,o Outback,interiorano,interior

No antonyms found.

backwash => contracorrente, backwards => para trás, backwardness => atraso, backwardly => para trás, backwardation => backwardation,