C p h dam
tɛr ˈhɛn
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dam1 (dæm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a barrier of concrete, earth, etc, built across a river to create a body of water for a hydroelectric power station, domestic water supply, etc |
| 2. | a reservoir of water created by such a barrier |
| 3. | something that resembles or functions as a dam |
| —vb (often foll by up) , dams, damming, dammed | |
| 4. | to obstruct or restrict by or as if by a dam |
| [C12: probably from Middle Low German; compare Old Icelandic damma to block up] | |
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| dam2 (dæm) | |
| —n | |
| the female parent of an animal, esp of domestic livestock | |
| [C13: variant of | |
| dam4 | |
| —symbol for | |
| decametre(s) | |
| Dam (Danish dam) | |
| —n | |
| (Carl Peter) Henrik (ˈhɛnrəɡ). 1895--1976, Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K (1934): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1943 | |
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Word Origin & History
dam
"water barrier," early 14c., probably from O.N. dammr or M.Du. dam, both from P.Gmc. *dammaz, of unknown origin.
dam
"animal mother," c.1300, variant of dame (q.v.), also originally used, like that word, for "lady, mother;" but meanings diverged into separate spellings by 16c.
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dam (dām)
n.
A barrier against the passage of liquid or loose material, especially a rubber sheet used in dentistry to isolate one or more teeth from the rest of the mouth.
Dam (dām, däm), (Carl Peter) Henrik. 1895-1976.
Danish biochemist. He shared a 1943 Nobel Prize for the discovery of vitamin K.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| dam decameter |
DAM
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