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• akanvirta• prosessiin palautettu vesi• patovesi• suvanto* * *1) (a stretch of river not in the main stream.) akanvirta2) (a place not affected by what is happening in the world outside: That village is rather a backwater.) käpykylä -
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• olla puolella• pakki• rästissä oleva• tukea• tuki• noja• huovata• vasta• puolustaja• tausta• kannattaa• hamara• peräyttää• perä• peruuttaa• peräpää• perimmäinen• peräytyä• perukka• selkäpii• selkä• selkänoja• selus• selusta• selkänahka• selkämys• selkäkappale• selkäpuoli• takapuoli• takakappale• takaperin• takainen• taka-• takaosa• taaksepäin• takakappale (hameen)• takaisin-• takakappale (housun)• taaempi• takamies• taka• takapää• takaisin• takimmainen• kääntöpuoli• lyödä vetoa puolesta* * *bæk 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) selkä2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) selkä3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) takaosa4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) puolustaja2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) taka-, selkä-3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) takaisin2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) pois3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) taaksepäin4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) takaisin5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) taaksepäin4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) peruuttaa2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) tukea3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) lyödä vetoa•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) rystylyönnillä, vasenviisto- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
- take a back seat
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Backwater — or Backwaters may refer to:* Backwater (Brian Eno), a song by Brian Eno * Backwater (novel), a novel by Joan Bauer * Backwater (single), a song recorded by the Meat Puppets * Backwater Reservoir, a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland *… … Wikipedia
backwater — [bak′wôt΄ər] n. 1. water moved backward or held back by a dam, tide, etc. 2. stagnant water in a small stream or inlet 3. a place or condition regarded as stagnant, backward, etc. [a cultural backwater] adj. like a backwater; backward … English World dictionary
Backwater — Back wa ter, n. [Back, a. or adv. + water. ] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. An accumulation of water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
backwater — late 14c., water behind a dam, from BACK (Cf. back) + WATER (Cf. water). Hence flat water without a current near a flowing river, as in a mill race (1820); figurative use of this for any flat, dull place is from 1899 … Etymology dictionary
backwater — ► NOUN 1) a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant. 2) a place or state in which no development is taking place … English terms dictionary
backwater — [[t]bæ̱kwɔːtə(r)[/t]] backwaters 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A backwater is a place that is isolated. ...a quiet rural backwater. 2) N COUNT: usu with supp (disapproval) If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not… … English dictionary
backwater — n. a cultural backwater * * * [ bækˌwɔːtə] a cultural backwater … Combinatory dictionary
backwater — /bak waw teuhr, wot euhr/, 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 … Universalium
backwater — 1. noun a) The water held back by a dam or other obstruction Its a volume for those who delight in exploring the backwaters of nineteenth century opera b) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.… … Wiktionary
backwater — back|wa|ter [ˈbækwo:tə US wo:tər, wa: ] n 1.) a very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas used to show disapproval ▪ a rural backwater 2.) a part of a river away from the main part, where the water does not move … Dictionary of contemporary English
backwater — back|wa|ter [ bæk,wɔtər ] noun singular 1. ) a place, situation, or organization in which nothing exciting or important happens, and in which people still have old fashioned ideas: The city was seen as a provincial backwater. 2. ) an area of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
