Definitions
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
Word origin
From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Used in a sentence
“A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.”
“Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins[…]”
“Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“River barrier”3 letters
02“Barrier holding back water”3 letters
03“Wall across a river”3 letters
04“Mother of an animal”3 letters
05“Water barrier”3 letters
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