Synonyms for dam
Definitions
- n. 1
A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
- n. 2
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.
A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
Related words
- Word family
- damburst
- Phrases
- tinker's dam dental dam oral dam dam up dam failure ice dam ice dam membrane
Forms
- Plural
- dams → dykes, dikes, weirs, mothers…
Example sentences
- barrier There was a language barrier between Ziri and Rima.
- weir The lock on the weir was released for the boat to pass through.
By length
- 4 letters
- weir1, dyke1, dike1
- 6 letters
- mother2
- 7 letters
- barrier3, burrock
- 9 letters
- decameter, decametre
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mother2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- barrage
- Italiano
- sbarramento
- Deutsch
- Wehr
- Català
- tanca