backwater

backwater has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
• n.. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
• n.. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"
• n.. 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"