A hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River, Brazil.

An iron plate in front of the dam of a blast furnace, to strengthen it.

plural of dam plate

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 being stored behind the dam in its reservoir.

a thin piece of e.g. latex, used in oral sex to prevent transmission of STDs

A form of movable dam having large gates opened and closed by a turbine.

A settlement in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. / A rural community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. / A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona.

dam failure

The situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.

(idiomatic) An event or set of events which has already happened and cannot be changed.