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Backwater

nounid 21477·updated May 18, 2026
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a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

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Variants

plural
Backwaters
possessive
Backwater's
pluralpossessive
Backwaters'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
§2
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

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