backflow

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

back=flow

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun backflow has 1 sense

backflow(n = noun.event) backflowing - a flow that returns toward its source; Array

is a kind of flow, flowing

has particulars: regurgitation

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THESAURUS

backflow

Charybdis, Maelstrom, back stream, backwash, backwater, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, eddy, gulf, gurge, maelstrom, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, swirl, twirl, vortex, whirl, whirlpool

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