backwater

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. The water held back by a dam or other obstruction.
2. (figuratively, idiomatic, usually) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
4. Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.

Verb

1. To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
2. (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.

Conceptos

remanso

ensenada

ciar

ancón

patelín

Sinónimos

creek

hinterland

cove

deposit

estuary

pond

pool

seclusion

sediment

stagnant water

stagnation

back country

dead-and-alive hole

rus in urbe

slack tide

back-water

Hicksville

hicksville

god forsaken hole

god forsaken dump

abandoned

poky hole

bay

Traducciones

patelin

trou

🕳️

marigot

anse

Stauwasser

durgunluk

trou perdu

ilgisizlik

Kaff

Buxtehude

mare

das

bled

bras mort

στάσιμα νερά

Etimología (Inglés)

From back + water.