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TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Backwater" Definition
noun
A body of water thus formed.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward: "The running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business” ( Business Week).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Water held or pushed back by or as if by a dam or current.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Water up in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the tide.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A body of water (as an inlet or tributary) that is out of the main current of a larger body.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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