Dam

Synonyms for "dam" (207 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (62)

Verb(1 words)
dam up

Related words (103)

Noun(2 words)
margeold lady

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

10 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

capable of

2 entries

coordinate

1 entries

created by

2 entries

derived

33 entries

Showing 16 of 33 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

7 entries

made of

1 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

33 entries

Showing 16 of 33 words.

used for

1 entries

Translations

215 translations across 103 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • dam noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Albanian

2 entries
  • digë noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • pendë noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ግድብ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄνδηρον noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Arabic

2 entries
  • سد noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • سَدّ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ամբարտակ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • պատնեշ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • bənd noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • damba noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • sədd noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • быуа noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • да́мба noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • плаці́на noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বাঁধ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Bouyei

1 entries
  • waail noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • бент noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • ма́йка noun (female parent)
  • заприщвам verb (block)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရေကာတာ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Catalan

1 entries
  • presa noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بەربەست noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Chakma

1 entries
  • 𑄉𑄧𑄙 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Chinese

3 entries
  • бэ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • фибэ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • 水壩 /水坝 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 壩 /坝 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • 大壩 /大坝 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • 水壩 /水坝 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 壩 /坝 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • 大壩 /大坝 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • 母獸 /母兽 noun (female parent)
  • 母畜 noun (female parent)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • пӗвӗ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Cornish

1 entries
  • arge noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • bent noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Czech

3 entries
  • hráz noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • přehrada noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • přehradit verb (block)

Danish

1 entries
  • dæmning noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Dari

1 entries
  • بَنْد noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Dutch

1 entries
  • dam noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • d:n-i-t:V11-N23-Z1 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Erzya

1 entries
  • каваз noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • akvobaraĵo noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pais noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Farefare

1 entries
  • mõgrɛ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Finnish

3 entries
  • emä noun (female parent)
  • pato noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • padota verb (block)

French

1 entries
  • barrage noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Galician

4 entries
  • encoro noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • presa noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • tarula noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • touta noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Georgian

3 entries
  • დამბა noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • კაშხალი noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • ჯებირი noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

German

4 entries
  • Damm noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • Muttertier noun (female parent)
  • Staudamm noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • Talsperre noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Greek

1 entries
  • φράγμα noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סֶכֶר noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पुश्ता noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • बाँध noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • anyaállat noun (female parent)
  • gát noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Damm noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • stífla noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Ido

1 entries
  • aquobarilo noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bendungan noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • empang noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • induk noun (female parent)
  • membendung verb (block)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • plotina noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • آببَنْد noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • سَدّ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Irish

1 entries
  • damba noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Italian

3 entries
  • argine noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • diga noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • imbrigliare verb (block)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ダム noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • メス noun (female parent)
  • 堰堤 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • 牝 noun (female parent)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕಟ್ಟೆ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бөгет noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • дамба noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទំនប់ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Korean

2 entries
  • 댐 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • 언제 noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • бөгөт noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • дамба noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • плотина noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຝາຍ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • ເຂື່ອນ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Latin

1 entries
  • mātrix noun (female parent)

Latvian

2 entries
  • aizsprosts noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • dambis noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • damba noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • užtvanka noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦚᦻ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • брана noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • насип noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Malay

4 entries
  • alahan noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • ampang noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • bendung noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • bendungan noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • അണ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • അണക്കെട്ട് noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • ചിറ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Maltese

1 entries
  • diga noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠨ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᠠ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Middle English

1 entries
  • dam noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • боомт noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • далан noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Māori

4 entries
  • karawa noun (female parent)
  • kātua noun (female parent)
  • matatara noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • pāwai noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Navajo

2 entries
  • dáʼdeestłʼin noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • tó beʼekʼid noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • bendav noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • sikur noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • dam noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • demning noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • dam noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • demning noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بند noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • ډم noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Daum noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Polish

2 entries
  • tama noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • zapora noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • açude noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • barragem noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • represa noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • barrar verb (block)

Quechua

1 entries
  • hark'a noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Romanian

1 entries
  • baraj noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Russian

4 entries
  • гать noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • да́мба noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • на́сыпь noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • плоти́на noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • brána noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • gȁt noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • násip noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • бра́на noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၽၢႆ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Slovak

2 entries
  • hrádza noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • priehrada noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Slovene

1 entries
  • jez noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • плотина noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Spanish

4 entries
  • azud noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • azuda noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • bocal noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • pesquera noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Swedish

2 entries
  • damm noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • dammbyggnad noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • prinsa noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • saplad noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • tarundon noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Tajik

4 entries
  • дамба noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • дарғот noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • оббанд noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • сарбанд noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அணை noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Tatar

1 entries
  • буа noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆనకట్ట noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Thai

1 entries
  • เขื่อน noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཆུ་རག noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ግድብ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Turkish

2 entries
  • baraj noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • set noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • bent noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • damba noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гре́бля noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • да́мба noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Urdu

2 entries
  • بَنْد noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • پُشْتَہ noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • توغان noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • دامبا noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • damba noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
  • toʻgʻon noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đập noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Welsh

1 entries
  • argae noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דאַם noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • fai noun (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The villagers were displaced by the construction of a dam.

Source: tatoeba (40507)

There was a water mill below the dam.

Source: tatoeba (40508)

The dam gave way and sent a great flush of water down the valley.

Source: tatoeba (40509)

Is there much water in the dam?

Source: tatoeba (50274)

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