BACKWATER POOLS

Meaning of BACKWATER POOLS in English

A pool type formed by an eddy along channel margins downstream from obstructions such as bars, rootwads, or boulders, or resulting from backflooding upstream from an obstructional blockage. Backwater pools are sometimes separated from the channel by sand or gravel bars.

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BACKWATER — aqua barrat
English interlingue dictionary
BACKWATER — noun Date: 1629 1. water backed up in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the tide, a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BACKWATER — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English bakwater, from bak back + water 1. a. : water turned back in its …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POOLS — plural of pool present third singular of pool
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKWATER — (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWATER — (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWATER — (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, …
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWATER — ( n. ) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKWATER — ( n. ) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKWATER — ( n. ) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKWATER — /bak"waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr/ , n. 1. water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide. 2. a place …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POOLS — n. (United Kingdom) systematized form of gambling carried out by mail involving the prediction of the outcome of soccer games
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACKWATER — n. area of stagnant water formed by backflow from a body of water
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACKWATER — noun water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer. 2. backwater …
Webster English vocab
BACKWATER — backwater BrE AmE ˈbæk ˌwɔːt ə AmE \ -ˌwɔːt̬ ə r -ˌwɑːt̬ ə r ▷ backwater|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BACKWATER — / ˈbækwɔːtə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a part of a river away from the main part, where the water only …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACKWATER — back ‧ wa ‧ ter /ˈbækwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a very quiet place not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACKWATER — ( backwaters) 1. A backwater is a place that is isolated. ...a quiet rural backwater. N-COUNT : usu with supp …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACKWATER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE quiet ▪ Hotel Trevi was some five minutes' walk away in a quiet backwater …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POOLS — football pools [plural] [noun] UK - a type of gamblingin which people risk a small amount of money and try …
Cambridge English vocab
BACKWATER — [noun] [C] - a part of a river where the water does not flow, or (figurative disapproving) a place which …
Cambridge English vocab
POOLS — n [ pl ] (also the football pools ) a British gambling competition in which people try to predict the …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
POOLS — see pool I 4
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
BACKWATER — (1) A small, generally shallow body of water attached to the main channel, with little or no current of its …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
POOLS — футбольный почтовый тотализатор (проводится еженедельно рядом специальных фирм; участникам предлагается угадать результаты нескольких матчей; размер выигрыша зависит от количества правильных …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
POOLS — loops
Anagrams English vocabulary
POOLS — Объединения pools: doing the ~ образование пула doing the ~ создание общего фонда doing the ~ создание объединения football ~ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACKWATER — 1. сущ. 1) заводь; запруженная вода; перен. тихая заводь; болото, застой 2) прилив 3) = backwash 1) 2. прил. 1) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POOLS — Ставки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POOLS — Пулы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POOLS — Пруды
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BACKWATER — backwater.ogg 1. ʹbæk͵wɔ:tə n 1. 1> заводь, запруженная /запружённая/ вода, затон; верхний бьеф 2> тихая заводь, болото, застой intellectual backwater …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BACKWATER — 1) стоячая вода 2) гидр. подпор 3) гидр. аккумуляция стока; регулирование стока • - river backwater - tidal backwater
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BACKWATER — 1) стоячая вода 2) гидр. подпор 3) гидр. аккумуляция стока; регулирование стока • - river backwater - tidal backwater
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BACKWATER — 1. ʹbæk͵wɔ:tə n 1. 1> заводь, запруженная /запружённая/ вода, затон; верхний бьеф 2> тихая заводь, болото, застой intellectual backwater - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BACKWATER — 1. сущ. 1) а) заводь, запруда; запруженная вода The back-waters of the Amazon are of enormous extent. — На Амазонке …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BACKWATER — 1. сущ. 1) а) заводь, запруда; запруженная вода The back-waters of the Amazon are of enormous extent. — На Амазонке заводи обладают колоссальной …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BACKWATER — _n. 1> заводь; запруженная вода; _перен. тихая заводь; болото, застой 2> прилив 3> = backwash 1> 4> _attr. захолустный, глухой …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BACKWATER — n. 1. заводь; запруженная вода; перен. тихая заводь; болото, застой 2. прилив 3. = backwash 1. 4. attr. захолустный, глухой …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BACKWATER — _n. 1> заводь; запруженная вода; _перен. тихая заводь; болото, застой 2> прилив 3> = backwash 1 4> _attr. захолустный, глухой; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BACKWATER — 1) подпор, зона подпора 2) стоячая вода 3) затон 4) возвратные воды - bridge backwater
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
POOLS — футбольный почтовый тотализатор (проводится еженедельно рядом специальных фирм; участникам предлагается угадать результаты нескольких матчей; размер выигрыша зависит от количества правильных …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
POOLS — Объединения pools: doing the ~ образование пула doing the ~ создание общего фонда doing the ~ создание объединения football ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACKWATER — 1. сущ. 1) заводь; запруженная вода; перен. тихая заводь; болото, застой 2) прилив 3) = backwash 1) 2. прил. 1) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOTBALL POOLS — (also the pools ) noun [ pl. ] a form of gambling in Britain in which people try to win …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOTBALL POOLS — If you do the football pools , you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOTBALL POOLS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the great dream was winning the football pools . ▪ Winnings from betting, football …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POOL — I. ˈpül noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pōl; akin to Middle Low German pōl pool, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TADPOLE SHRIMP — (order Notostraca), any member of a small group of crustaceans (class Branchiopoda), composed of the genera Triops and Lepidurus. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
POOL — method of gambling in which all money bet on the result of a particular event by a number of people …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: SPORTS-AND-GAMES: ICE HOCKEY — ICE HOCKEY: International. A record-equaling 39 nations, divided into four pools, contested the 60th world ice hockey championships at Vienna …
Britannica English vocabulary
POOL — / puːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FOR SWIMMING 1. [ C ] = swimming pool : Does …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOL — I. pool 1 S2 W2 /puːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: pol ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POOL — ( pools, pooling, pooled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A pool …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VISCOUS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN liquid ▪ She moved as if she were in a dream, wading through viscous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWIMMING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a driving/swimming etc lesson ▪ Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHALLOW — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a shallow breath (= in which you breathe a small amount of air in ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POOL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pool of blood ▪ A dark pool of blood was spreading from his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GNMA-II — Mortgage-backed securities (M.B.S. ) on which registered holders receive an aggregate principal and interest payment from a central paying agent …
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
POOL — Pools, like the tanks of India, are in many parts of Palestine and Syria the only resource for water during …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
JERUSALEM — (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46' 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18' 30" east …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

Environmental Engineering English vocabulary

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