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.