The Meaning of backwater

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
• (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

Rhymes

blotter , boughter , breakwater , bridgewater , clearwater , coldwater , cottar , cotter , daughter , deepwater , dotter , drinkwater , floodwater , freshwater , goldwater , granddaughter , headwater , hotter , imprimatur , jotter , knotter , kotter , lawter , lotter , mahtar , manslaughter , mater , mccotter , meltwater , otter , piotter , plotter , potter , rainwater , rotter , saltwater , sautter , schlotter , scoter , seawater , slaughter , spotter , squatter , stepdaughter , stillwater , straughter , sweetwater , tidewater , totter , trotter , underwater , vawter , wastewater , water , yachter , zotter