dam

Noun

dam (plural dams)

1. structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow

3 letters in word "dam": A D M.

Anagrams of dam:

• mad

Words found within dam:

ad am da ma

• Definitions:
• a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea decameter: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
• A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or slows down the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. In Australian and South African English, the word "dam" can also refer to the reservoir as well as the structure. ...
• A dam was a small Indian coin.
• DAM (???) is the first Palestinian rap group. The group, based in Israel was founded in 1998, and is made up of three Palestinian men (who are also Israeli citizens): Tamer Nafar, his brother Suhell, and their friend Mahmoud Jrere. ...
• Dam methylase (DNA adenine methylase) adds a methyl group to the adenine of the sequence 5'-GATC-3'in newly synthesized DNA. Immediately after DNA synthesis, the daughter strand remains unmethylated for a short time.
• A structure of earth, rock, concrete, or other materials designed to retain water, creating a pond, lake, or reservoir.
• A horse's mother
• Technically, the dam is the wall that holds the water in and the reservoir is the water. Commonly, though, the words are interchanged.
• A man-made embankment that controls or confines water.
• water barrier or embankment built across the course of a stream or into a body of water to control and (or) impound the flow of water (breakwater, dike, jetty).
• Construction to hold back waterin a water course
• A structure constructed across a water body typically used to increase the hydraulic head at hydroelectric generating units. A dam typically reduces the velocity of water in a particular river segment and increases the depth of water by forming an impoundment behind the dam. ...
• A product having several purposes: 1. A dam positions the glass in the opening while the adhesive cures. 2. A dam holds the liquid adhesive and prevents it from flowing into the interior of the vehicle. 3. A dam provides an esthetically pleasing site-line. 4. A dam acts as a sound barrier.
• In hydrologic terms, any artificial barrier which impounds or diverts water. The dam is generally hydrologically significant if it is: 1. 25 feet or more in height from the natural bed of the stream and has a storage of at least 15 acre-feet. 2. ...
• An embankment dam in which more than 50% of the total volume is formed of compacted fine-grained material. A homogeneous earthen dam is constructed of similar earthen material throughout. ...
• a structure built across a river to hold back water for a variety of reasons, including protecting areas from floods, storing water, and generating power.
• Adult breeding female - mother of a cria.
• Day Ahead Market
• Stacked stones built across a small water drainage. Dams may have been built to hold back soil for farming or to slow down or channel water.
• Dams are usually constructed by making a large embankment that blocks an existing watercourse. This embankment is used to control the release of flood waters downstream of the Dam. Dams usually contain a small outlet pipe that limits the amount of water that can exit the dam. ...
• A mother cat. See also Queen
• a structure built across a watercourse to maintain water levels and confine and keep back flowing water (a fixed dam is a permanent structure without movable parts; a movable dam is one which can be set up or thrown down as desired).
• The female parent, or mother, of a horse.
• A wall built across a river to allow water to deepen on the upstream side. Used to create a water storage reservoir for the canal.
• Mother of the litter
• Any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, which does or may impound water and/or waste materials containing water with some exceptions.
• a mother horse Deco - decorator decorator - any of the unrealistic model colors produced by Breyer mainly in the 1960s. Decorartor colors include: ageless bronze, copenhagen, florentine, gold charm, wedgewood, and silver filigree. DG - Dapple grey Disc - discontinued; no longer in production
• An artificial barrier, together with its appurtenant works, constructed in or across a waterway for the primary purpose of impounding or diverting water.
• structure designed to hold back river water, creating a reservoir.
• "Dam" means any man-made artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, the site on which it is located and appurtenant rights of flowage and access, which impounds or diverts a river, stream or great pond and which is 2 feet or more in height and has an impounding capacity at maximum water ...

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