Word Type

Noun

Verb

Intj

Adjective

The word "dam" can be used as noun, verb, intj and adjective.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

still river stop moving water

Coordinate Terms

sire

Created By

engineers humans

Derived Terms

Broken Dam Yellow Dam antidam bear-trap dam beaver dam coffer dam coffer-dam cofferdam dam break dam failure dam plate dam up dambreak damburst dambuster dambusting damlike dammable damside damsire dental dam earthquake dam gravity dam hydroelectric dam ice dam ice dam membrane mill dam redam sand dam shutter dam splash dam undam water over the dam

Etymologically Related To

dame

Context

australia dentistry india south africa

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

barrier block close up female impede jam metric linear unit obstruct obturate occlude

Type Of (IsA)

animal barrier female fixed freestanding structure flow control device infrastructure product structure

Made Of

concert

Manner Of

obstruct

Related Terms

abrupt accumulate avoid band blast furnace coin crown divert draughts firebrick flood general hearth mohar mother nepal obsolete piece prevent purpose release reservoir retain retard rubber rupee sheet sire stone structure tooth wall wet

Synonym Network

decameter

Used For

generate hydro electric power

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.