Usually means: Reverse flow of liquid, contamination.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. backwash: Merriam-Webster
  2. backwash: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backwash: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backwash: Collins English Dictionary
  5. backwash: Vocabulary.com
  6. Backwash, backwash: Wordnik
  7. backwash: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. backwash: Wiktionary
  9. backwash: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. backwash: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. backwash: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Backwash, backwash: Dictionary.com
  13. Backwash (The Wire), Backwash (geography), Backwash (physical phenomenon), Backwash: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Backwash: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. backwash: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. backwash: Rhymezone
  17. Backwash: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. backwash: FreeDictionary.org
  19. backwash: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. backwash: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. backwash: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  22. backwash: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Backwash (geography), backwash: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Backwash: Sports Definitions

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. Backwash: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Pool Glossary (No longer online)
  7. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  8. BACKWASH: Power Engineering

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
noun:  The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
noun:  The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
noun:  The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
noun:  (economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
noun:  (education) washback
verb:  To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
verb:  (transitive) To affect with backwash.
verb:  To clean the oil from wool after combing.

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