Backwater - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbækwɔːtər|
Brit.
|ˈbækwɔːtə|
noun
- 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
- a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurringthe country is an economic backwater
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The once sleepy backwater is now a thriving city.
...a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time...
The backwaters of the Amazon are of enormous extent.
...as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl...
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