dam meaning in Odia
ଡାମ୍
UK/ˈdæm/
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British/ˈdam/
dam in Odia: ଡାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍ କରିବା. In English, dam means a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
Odia words for dam
- ଡାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍ କରିବା
English meaning of dam
- noun A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
- noun The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
- noun A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
- noun A reservoir.
dam in a sentence
- A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
- Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam.
Synonyms of dam
dam in other languages
Questions about dam in Odia
- What is the meaning of dam in Odia?
- Dam in Odia is ଡାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍ କରିବା.
- dam ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅର୍ଥ କଣ?
- Dam: ଡାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍, ଡ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍ କରିବା.
- What does dam mean in English?
- Dam means a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
Source and license
Odia words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “dam”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Odia words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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