Word: backwater
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: back
wa
ter
Definition: To vacillate on a long-held position.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Adverb
Meaning: In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
Affix: water
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.