Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 22 compound words that contain dams. The most common are listed below. Open dams in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- beaver damsplural of beaver dam: The lodge of a beaver, in the form of a river dam with an underwater entrance.
- dental damsplural of dental dam: A thin piece of e.g. latex, used in oral sex to prevent transmission of STIs.
- gravity damsplural of gravity dam: An impoundment dam that is wider at the base than at the top, and which uses the massive weight of the dam's mass to withstand the force of water being stored behind the dam in its reservoir.
- ice damsplural of ice dam: An obstruction to the flow of a river caused by the flow of a glacier across its course.
- hydroelectric damsplural of hydroelectric dam: A dam containing hydroelectric generators.
- dams upthird-person singular simple present indicative of dam up: To build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.
- earthquake damsplural of earthquake dam: A dam that has been designed to withstand earthquakes and minimize the risk of failure.
- mill damsplural of mill dam: A dam constructed across a river or stream to raise the water level so that it can turn a millwheel; also, the millpond so created.
- oral damsplural of oral dam: Synonym of dental dam (“type of barrier for safe sex”).
- shutter damsplural of shutter dam: A form of movable dam having large gates opened and closed by a turbine.
- splash damsplural of splash dam: A temporary dam used to raise the water level so as to float logs downstream to a sawmill.
- bear-trap damsplural of bear-trap dam: A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.
- coffer-damsplural of coffer-dam: A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.
Compound words 22
- McAdamsA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- damselsplural of damsel: A young woman (of noble birth).
- macadamsplural of macadam: The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
- backdamsplural of backdam: A dam that lies to the rear of something.
- BaddamsA surname from Welsh.
- damsiresplural of damsire: The sire (father) of a dam (mother); equivalent to a maternal grandfather
- damsiteThe area of land where a dam is built
- damsitesplural of damsite: The area of land where a dam is built
- damsonsplural of damson: A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
- Gaddamsplural of Gaddam: A surname from Telugu.