Get to know Backwash better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like wake or upshot.
Backwash meaning
- A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.
- The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
- The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
Synonyms of Backwash
Using Backwash
- The main meaning on this page is: A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc. | The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine. | The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
- Useful related words include: wake, upshot, issue, event.
- In the example corpus, backwash often appears in combinations such as: the backwash, backwash tank.
Context around Backwash
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backwash
- In this selection, "backwash" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, turbulent, vaginal, tank and recovery stand out and add context to how "backwash" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beer vaginal backwash or visitors and by the backwash. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backwash" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backwash
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The 40 MLD of raw water harvested from backwash recovery could support 200,000 customers daily. (16 words)
On sandy beaches, the turbulent backwash of destructive waves removes material forming a gently sloping beach. (16 words)
People who dislike the beer may refer to it as "Vomit Beer", "Vaginal Backwash", or "Visitors Beer". (17 words)
A shelf or wall in the sand has appeared on Weymouth Beach towards the Pavillion, caused by the backwash after Storm Ciarán caused high winds to blow eastwards across the bay. (31 words)
On a second wave, a right hander, Lange lined up a massive bottom turn only to be blasted out of the top of the wave into the air by the backwash. (31 words)
On pebble and shingle beaches the swash is dissipated more quickly because the large particle size allows greater percolation, thereby reducing the power of the backwash, and the beach remains steep. (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
A shelf or wall in the sand has appeared on Weymouth Beach towards the Pavillion, caused by the backwash after Storm Ciarán caused high winds to blow eastwards across the bay.
On a second wave, a right hander, Lange lined up a massive bottom turn only to be blasted out of the top of the wave into the air by the backwash.
The 40 MLD of raw water harvested from backwash recovery could support 200,000 customers daily.
At issue are changes that need to be made to a backwash tank, construction of which was complicated by the discovery of unexpected groundwater at the site.
The problem with the backwash tank will not affect the total cost of the project, which has a $1 million contingency fee.
On pebble and shingle beaches the swash is dissipated more quickly because the large particle size allows greater percolation, thereby reducing the power of the backwash, and the beach remains steep.
On sandy beaches, the turbulent backwash of destructive waves removes material forming a gently sloping beach.
People who dislike the beer may refer to it as "Vomit Beer", "Vaginal Backwash", or "Visitors Beer".
Common combinations with backwash
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: