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

plural of shutter dam

plural of dental dam

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.

plural of gravity dam

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

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.

plural of bear-trap dam