Слово англійською: dam
Іменник
Переклад dam українською: гре́бля, да́мба, водосхо́вище
Детальний опис
- a 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 Narmada dam in India
- The dam burst.
- The dam burst and the valley was flooded.
Wordfinder- bend
- course
- current
- dam
- downstream
- estuary
- river
- source
- tributary
- waterfall
- (especially South African English) an artificial lake where rain or spring water is collected and stored
- The dam was quite full after the winter.
- (specialist) the mother of some animals, especially horses compare sire
(also dental dam)
a small rubber sheet used by dentists to keep a tooth separate from the other teeth (also dental dam)
a small rubber sheet used to protect the mouth during sex Word Originnoun sense 1 Middle English: from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch; related to Dutch dam and German Damm, also to Old English fordemman ‘close up’. noun sense 2 late Middle English (denoting a human mother): alteration of dame.