09212360-n 'a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam';
 
Chinese (simplified) 回水 , 死水
English backwater
Indonesian air yang ditahan
Definitions
English
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
Japanese
洪水か潮流、あるいはダムによって維持あるいは排除することで造られた水域
Relations
Hypernym: body_of_water (earth)
Semantic Field: objectn
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