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barrage

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) barrage (noun)
  2. 2) barrage (noun)
  3. 3) barrage (verb)
  4. barrage balloon (noun)
  5. barrage reception (noun)
  6. balloon barrage (noun)
  7. box barrage (noun)
  8. creeping barrage (noun)
  9. emergency barrage (noun)
  10. normal barrage (noun)
  11. rolling barrage (noun)
  12. standing barrage (noun)

1bar·rage

noun \ˈbär-ij\

Definition of BARRAGE

: a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation

Origin of BARRAGE

French, from barrer to bar, from barre bar
First Known Use: 1845

Other Civil Engineering Terms

asphalt, ballast, cantilever, infrastructure, sluice

Rhymes with BARRAGE

forage

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