backwash
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈbækˌwɑʃ/
- The strong backwash from the boat created large waves that disturbed the calm waters behind.
- a backwash of water
- backwash flow
- backwash flow capabilities
Examples
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Heartburn results from the backwash of stomach acid into the esophagus, the tube connecting the mouth and stomach.
Blog text (19) -
Rain rushed over the dam and backwash flowed across the road, cutting new troughs to the creek below.
Fiction book (1990) -
The system uses a combined air/water backwash for aggressive media cleaning.
Academic text (1998) -
Performing a backwash prevents high turbidity levels.
Academic text (2003) -
The quality of the backwash process relies on proper valve actuation.
Academic text (2003) -
He's rolled back across the doors, then, caught in the backwash, sucked out towards the sea until the next wave sweeps him back again.
Fiction book (1992) -
As the wave crashed on the shore, the backwash pulled sand and shells back into the ocean.
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When the plane took off, the backwash from its engines made the nearby trees sway and rustle.
Synonyms
17
6.5
The trail of waves a boat makes as it moves through water
12
8.0
Air moving behind a fast vehicle like a plane or car that helps others go faster
8
7.4
A strong water current under the surface that pulls you out to sea
2
8.4
The flow of air pushed backward by a propeller or wing
2
6.2
A flow of water or gas that moves back toward its source and can pollute the supply
1
6.3
Air pushed backward by an aircraft propeller or jet engine
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8.4
A strong flow of air pushed backward by a plane propeller
1
6.6
A movement that goes in the opposite direction to another, for example fluids or people
1
8.4
A propeller or rotor pushes air backward that can shake things nearby
1
7.5
Liquid or gas moving back toward its source
Water moving back toward the sea after a wave or boat passes
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Morphology
Etymology
Backwash comes from back ('behind') and wash ('move water'). It names the water that moves back behind a boat or wave, so backwash means the backward flow of water left behind something.