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dam

39 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) dam (noun)
  2. 2) dam (noun)
  3. 3) dam (verb)
  4. 4) dam (abbreviation)
  5. Dam (biographical name)
  6. air dam (noun)
  7. arch dam (noun)
  8. arch-gravity dam (noun)
  9. bear-trap dam (noun)
  10. beaver dam (noun)
  11. butterfly dam (noun)
  12. check dam (noun)
  13. drift dam (noun)
  14. flood dam (noun)
  15. gravity dam (noun)
  16. hydraulic-fill dam (noun)
  17. in dam (adverb or adjective)
  18. jump dam (noun)
  19. needle dam (noun)
  20. pier dam (noun)
  21. produce-of-dam (noun)
  22. rafter dam (noun)
  23. shutter dam (noun)
  24. slant dam (noun)
  25. sleeve dam (noun)
  26. splash dam (noun)
  27. water over the dam
  28. wicket dam (noun)
  29. wing dam (noun)
  30. wing-dam (verb)

1dam

noun \ˈdam\

Definition of DAM

: the female parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal

Origin of DAM

Middle English dam, dame lady, dam — more at dame
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with DAM

bam, cam, clam, cram, damn, drachm, dram, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam

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