Backwater
nounid
21477·updated May 18, 2026verified
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Backwaters
- possessive
- Backwater's
- pluralpossessive
- Backwaters'
Framework definitions
- §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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a damDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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