Dam

Quick meaning: Dam is a noun meaning The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.

Meaning

The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.

More Meanings

1. (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
2. (South Africa, Australia) A reservoir.
3. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
4. (transitive) To block the flow of water.
5. Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.
6. A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
7. A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.

Example Sentences

More dear […] than younglings to their dam.

Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam.

A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.

The dam runs lowing up and down, / Looking the way her harmless young one went.

Word Forms

• dams
• damming
• dammed

Synonyms for dam

Depending on context, synonyms include dike, levee, decametre, dekametre, decameter, dekameter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include levee, dyke, dike, decameter, decametre, dekametre.

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