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Word: Backwater
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbakˌwɔːtə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant
Short Definition:part of river not reached by current
Examples:- the eels inhabit backwaters
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