backflow

English

Etymology

From back +‎ flow.

Noun

backflow (countable and uncountable, plural backflows)

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

Verb

backflow (third-person singular simple present backflows, present participle backflowing, simple past and past participle backflowed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To flow in the wrong or backward direction.

Anagrams

• flowback