dam

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
  2. noun a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
  3. noun female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

Etymology

From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.

In classic literature

Synonyms

dike, dyke

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