- 1a barrier that is built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing, used especially to make a reservoir (= a lake for storing water) or to produce electricity the Hoover dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada The dam burst.
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- 2(technology) the mother of some animals, especially horses compare sire
- 3= dental dam
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