backwater
(noun) a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; “the country is an economic backwater”
backwater
(noun) a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; “the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backwater (plural backwaters)
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
• (small, backwards place): jerkwater town, one-horse town, Podunk
• See remote place
backwater (third-person singular simple present backwaters, present participle backwatering, simple past and past participle backwatered)
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"wa`ter, n. Etym: [Back, a. or adv. + -ward. ]
1. 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.
2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
