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📖 Определения и значения для слова dam

📒 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.

📒 an artificial lake where rain or spring water is collected and stored

  • The dam was quite full after the winter.

📒 the mother of some animals, especially horses

📒 a small rubber sheet used by dentists to keep a tooth separate from the other teeth

📒 a small rubber sheet used to protect the mouth during sex

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