backwater
See also: back-water and back water
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Noun
backwater (plural backwaters)
- The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
- (idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
- 1978, National Opera Association – The Opera Journal page 29
- It's a volume for those who delight in exploring the backwaters of nineteenth-century opera.
- 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
- 1978, National Opera Association – The Opera Journal page 29
- A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
Synonyms
- (small, backwards place): jerkwater town, one-horse town, Podunk
- See Thesaurus:remote place
Translations
the water held back by a dam or other obstruction
a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
a rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat
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Verb
backwater (third-person singular simple present backwaters, present participle backwatering, simple past and past participle backwatered)
- To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
- (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
Translations
To row or paddle a backwater stroke
to vacillate on a long-held position
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