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backwater meaning in Tamil

உப்பங்கழி

backwater in Tamil: உப்பங்கழி, காயல், பின்னீர், அணையின் தேங்கு நீர். In English, backwater means the water held back by a dam or other obstruction.

Tamil words for backwater

உப்பங்கழி, காயல், பின்னீர், அணையின் தேங்கு நீர், கட்டு நீர், ஆற்றேரக்குட்டை

English meaning of backwater

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

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backwater in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: (place) jerkwater town, one-horse town, Podunk; see also Thesaurus:remote place
  • an academic backwater

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Questions about backwater in Tamil

What is the meaning of backwater in Tamil?
Backwater in Tamil is உப்பங்கழி, காயல், பின்னீர், அணையின் தேங்கு நீர்.
backwater என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Backwater: உப்பங்கழி, காயல், பின்னீர், அணையின் தேங்கு நீர்.
What does backwater mean in English?
Backwater means the water held back by a dam or other obstruction.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: backwater (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: backwater (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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