Associations to the word «Backflow»

Wiktionary

BACKFLOW, noun. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended

Dictionary definition

BACKFLOW, noun. A flow that returns toward its source.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne