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Dam River Wall Built Order Stop Water Flowing

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A d__ is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake .A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake .
...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.
...the Aswan Dam.
word dam
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noun
A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake .
...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.
...the Aswan Dam.
In the breeding of farm animals, an animal's dam is its mother .
verb
To dam a river means to build a dam across it.
...plans to dam the nearby Delaware River.
This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.
inflections damsdammingdammed
cefr-level C1

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