Defenition of the word dam

• Defenition of the word dam

  • A dialect of the Bagirmi language.
  • Structure constructed across a watercourse or stream channel.
  • female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
  • obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
  • a barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea
  • a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
  • a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
  • obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"

Synonyms for the word dam

• • barrier
  • block
  • block up
  • blockade
  • boom
  • dam up
  • decameter
  • decametre
  • dekameter
  • dekametre
  • dike
  • dkm
  • dyke
  • hold back
  • inhibit
  • levee
  • stem
  • wall
  • weir

Similar words in the dam

• • dam
  • dam's
  • damage
  • damage's
  • damaged
  • damages
  • damaging
  • damascus
  • damascus's
  • damask
  • damask's
  • damasked
  • damasking
  • damasks
  • dame
  • dame's
  • dames
  • damian
  • damian's
  • damien
  • damien's
  • damion
  • damion's
  • dammed
  • damming
  • damnable
  • damnably
  • damneder
  • damnedest
  • damocles
  • damocles's
  • damon
  • damon's
  • damped
  • dampen
  • dampened
  • dampening
  • dampens
  • damper
  • damper's
  • dampers
  • dampest
  • damping
  • damply
  • dampness
  • dampness's
  • damps
  • dams
  • damsel
  • damsel's
  • damsels
  • damson
  • damson's
  • damsons

Meronymys for the word dam

• • hectometer
  • hectometre
  • hm
  • m
  • meter
  • metre

Hyponyms for the word dam

• • Aswan Dam
  • Aswan High Dam
  • High Dam
  • Hoover Dam
  • milldam
  • weir

Hypernyms for the word dam

• • barrier
  • block
  • close up
  • female
  • impede
  • jam
  • metric linear unit
  • obstruct
  • obturate
  • occlude
  • surname

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