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What is the noun for dam?

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dam
  1. A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow
    1. the water reservoir resulting from placing such structure
  2. (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
  3. (South Africa, Australia) A reservoir.
  4. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
  5. (India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. embankment, barrier, levee, bank, wall, dike, head, barrage, obstruction, barricade, hindrance, weir, gate, blockage, block, milldam, millpond, dyke, mound, earthwork, breakwater, causeway, ridge, rampart, sea wall, jetty, defence, defense, sluice, sea cliff, defenses, defences, groyne, groin, bulwark, projection, mole, seawall, offshore barrier, harbor wall … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “It was reasoned that the completed dam would undeniably supply electricity and therefore be of economic benefit in the broadest sense.”
dam
  1. Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).
  2. A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. embankment, barrier, levee, bank, wall, dike, head, barrage, obstruction, barricade, hindrance, weir, gate, blockage, block, milldam, millpond, dyke, mound, earthwork, breakwater, causeway, ridge, rampart, sea wall, jetty, defence, defense, sluice, sea cliff, defenses, defences, groyne, groin, bulwark, projection, mole, seawall, offshore barrier, harbor wall … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It was reasoned that the completed dam would undeniably supply electricity and therefore be of economic benefit in the broadest sense.”
dambuster
  1. (colloquial) An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.
  2. (colloquial) The pilot of this kind of aircraft.
damsire
  1. (in the breeding of horses, dogs etc.) The sire (father) of a dam (mother); equivalent to a maternal grandfather
damburst
  1. The situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.
dam
  1. A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. embankment, barrier, levee, bank, wall, dike, head, barrage, obstruction, barricade, hindrance, weir, gate, blockage, block, milldam, millpond, dyke, mound, earthwork, breakwater, causeway, ridge, rampart, sea wall, jetty, defence, defense, sluice, sea cliff, defenses, defences, groyne, groin, bulwark, projection, mole, seawall, offshore barrier, harbor wall … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It was reasoned that the completed dam would undeniably supply electricity and therefore be of economic benefit in the broadest sense.”
dambusters
  1. plural of dambuster
dambursts
  1. plural of damburst
damsires
  1. plural of damsire
dams
  1. plural of dam
  2. Synonyms:
      3. embankments, barriers, levees, banks, walls, dikes, head, barrages, obstructions, barricades, hindrances, weirs, gates, blockages, blocks, milldams, millponds, dykes, earthworks, breakwaters, mounds, causeways, ridges, ramparts, jetties, defence, defense, sluices, seawalls, groynes, groins, parents, mothers, mas, moms, mammies, maters, mamas, mammae, mommies, stepmothers, matriarchs, mumsies, mums, mummies, mams, materfamiliases, progenitresses, ammas, mommas … more
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