Definition of backwater
			
									- n. - 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.
 
									- n. - An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands,
   caused by an obstruction.
 
									- n. - Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
   the paddle wheels of a steamer.
 
									- n. - 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.
 
									- n. - An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands,
   caused by an obstruction.
 
									- n. - Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
   the paddle wheels of a steamer.