damnoun [ C ]
uk/dæm/us/dæm/a wall built across a river that stops the river's flow and collects the water, especially to make a reservoir (= an artificial lake) that provides water for an area:
The Aswan High Dam is on the River Nile in Egypt.
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dyke
a dental dam
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Ditches, dams & tunnels
- cut
- cutting
- dam sth up
- dike
- ditch
- dyke
- groin
- groyne
- spillway
- subway
- the Channel Tunnel
- the Chunnel
- trench
- tunnel
- underpass
damverb [ T ]
uk/dæm/us/dæm/-mm-to build a dam across a river in order to store water
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Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth off
- block sth up
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- occlude
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shutter
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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Ditches, dams & tunnels
Phrasal verb(s)
dam sth up