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back•wa•ter



Pronunciation: (bak'wô"tur, -wot"ur), [key]
—n.
1. water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide.
2. a place or state of stagnant backwardness: This area of the country is a backwater that continues to resist progress.
3. an isolated, peaceful place.
4. a stroke executed by pushing a paddle forward, causing a canoe to move backward.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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