MEANING
A poorly drained low area on a floodplain behind a river's natural levee.
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Words that belong together
- floodplain backswamp
- muddy backswamp
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A muddy backswamp separated the farm from the riverbank.
Water lingered in the floodplain backswamp after the main channel fell.
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- backswamp
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular backswamp; plural backswamps. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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