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BACKWATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
Example:
the country is an economic backwater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("backwater" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
Example:
the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("backwater" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
