Definition of backwater
English to English 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
The country is an economic backwater.
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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