backwater
/ˈbakwɔːtə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbakwɔːtə/
backwater
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
bac - kwa - ter -> backwater
Myanmar meaning
(n) မြစ်ချောင်း စသည်တွင် ရေသေနေသောအပိုင်း။ ရေသေချောင်းလက်။ ခေတ်ရေစီးကြောင်း မှ လွတ်၍ နောက်ကျန်နေသောနေရာ။အပြင်လောကနှင့်အဆက်ပြတ်သောနေရာ။
Full entry
backwater /'bækwↄ:tǝ(r)/ n (usu sing )
၁။ မြစ်ချောင်း စသည်တွင် ရေသေနေသောအပိုင်း။ ရေသေချောင်းလက်။
၂။ ခေတ်ရေစီးကြောင်း မှ လွတ်၍ နောက်ကျန်နေသောနေရာ။ live in a quiet backwater.
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Synonyms
remote place, the backwoods, the sticks, the boondocks, the back of beyond, the middle of nowhere, X-out, abate, abolish, abrogate, anchor it, annul, back out of, back-water, backcountry, backpedal, backwoods, bog down, boondocks, boonies, brake, brook, bush, call off, cancel, check, choke, countermand, crawl out of, creek, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decelerate, decrease, delay, detain, diminish, dismantle, ease off, ease up, embog, forget, handicap, hinder, hinterland, hit the brakes, hold back, hold up, impede, invalidate, keep waiting, lag, lessen, let down flaps, lift, loiter, lose speed, lose steam, mire, moderate, nix, outback, outlet, outskirts, overturn, postpone, procrastinate, pull the plug, qualify, quash, quiet, recall, reduce, reduce speed, reef, regulate, rein in, relax, remove, renege, repeal, restrict, retard, retardate, retract, reverse, revoke, river, scrub, set aside, set back, slacken, stall, sticks, stream, stunt, swampy outlet, temper, unexplored, unknown, void, wangle out, weasel out, wind down
Antonyms
accelerate, advance, agitate, aid, allow, approve, assist, develop, do, enact, encourage, enforce, enlarge, establish, excite, expand, expedite, extend, facilitate, forward, further, grow, help, increase, institute, keep, legalize, lengthen, liberate, metropolis, permit, prolong, push, raise, ratify, release, sanction, strengthen, support, uphold, validate
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