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Synonyms for backwash


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bak-wosh, -wawsh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ



Définition of backwash

Origin :
  • 1876, "motion of a receeding wave," from back (adj.) + wash (n.).
  • noun repercussion
Example sentences :
  • The water is not deep enough to drown him yet, if he is not carried away by the backwash.'
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • The backwash of civilization in the Orient is not our concern.
  • Extract from : « Peking Dust » by Ellen N. La Motte
  • I must write you of what I have seen, the other side, the backwash.
  • Extract from : « The Backwash of War » by Ellen N. La Motte
  • One seems on the other side of creation's wall—in the backwash of the waters.
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
  • Does the Sahib know whither the backwash of the flood had borne me?
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three » by Rudyard Kipling
  • We were starting early to see the opening of the battle and its backwash.
  • Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
  • By the backwash, it must be making for the dock and stair; the men in it, or one of them, for the Court.
  • Extract from : « Gwen Wynn » by Mayne Reid
  • By the backwash it must be making for the dock and stair; the men in it, or one of them, for the Court.
  • Extract from : « Gwen Wynn » by Mayne Reid
  • The cab took off with a rush that left Feldman in a backwash of slush and mud.
  • Extract from : « Badge of Infamy » by Lester del Rey
  • That short thoroughfare forms, as it were, a backwash for the traffic of Piccadilly.
  • Extract from : « Cynthia's Chauffeur » by Louis Tracy

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