Meaning Of The Word Backwater

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backwater
countable noun: A backwater is a place that is isolated.
countable noun: If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions.

backwater in American English
water moved backward or held back by a dam, tide, etc.
noun: water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide

backwater in British English
noun: a body of stagnant water connected to a river
verb: to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat

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