Extended Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

03160309-n 'a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea';

Chinese (simplified)	堰 , 水坝 , 堤坝 , 坝
English	dam ₂ ( ⊳ ) , dike ( ⊳ ) , dyke ( ⊳ ) , bank , breakwater , seawall , embankment , levee , floodwall
Indonesian	bendung , empang , benteng , pengempang , tebat , rintangan , tambak
Japanese	井堰 , ダム , 堤 , 塞 , 堤防 , 提防 , 堰堤 , 築堤 , 防波堤 , 土手 , 堰

Definitions

Japanese: 水の流れを溜めておいたり海水を排除しておくために構築される防壁
English: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

Relations

Hyponym:	milldam weir
Hypernym:	barrier
Instance:	aswan_high_dam glen_canyon_dam hoover_dam
Semantic Field:	artifact_n

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ ▲ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.997; Future: 0.002)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00)