Backwash - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbækwɔːʃ|
Brit.
|ˈbækwɒʃ|
noun
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller (syn: airstream, race, wash)
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) (syn: aftermath, wake)
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward (syn: wake)
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) (syn: aftermath, wake)
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward (syn: wake)
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...a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market...
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