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Backwash
Meaning
Noun
●
In Nautical:
The
backward
flow
of water from
oars
or
propeller
or
breaking
waves.
●
The
similar
flow
of
air
from an
aircraft
engine.
●
The result or
consequence
of an
event
; an aftermath.
●
The
saliva
,
spit
or food
particles
that have
flowed
back into
a
drink
after someone has
drunk
from it.
●
In Economics:
The
situation
where
economic growth
in one
area
harms
other areas by
attracting
people and business
away
from those areas.
Verb
●
To
operate
a water
filter
in the
reverse
direction
in order to
clean
it.
●
To
affect
with backwash.
●
To
clean
the
oil
from
wool
after combing.
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Sedimentation
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Spillage
Gunk
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Pumping
Suction
Detritus
Froth
Dewatering
Seawater
Evaporation
Whirlpool
Recirculation
Water
Swash
Flushing
Rain
Sediment
Pump
Chlorination
Fluid
Flow
Aeration
Washout
Vomit
Wind
Air
Flocculation
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Rhymes
Mosh
Tosh
Gosh
Posh
Wash
Cosh
Nosh
Dosh
Bosh
Quash
Swash
Closh
Awash
Skosh
Squash
Kibosh
Splosh
Cloche
Backwash
Musquash
Downwash
Moustache
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