Definitions for the word, dam

(n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.

(n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

(n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

(n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

(v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up.

(v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.


4 words found in the Scrabble word, dam



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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