A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
English: dam, dike, dyke
Bahasa: benteng, rintangan, tambak, bendung, empang, tebat, pengempang
damEnglish
dam, checkers, dam up, decameter, decametre
Less common
#11,958 of the corpus · 4.9 per million words · 20,877 occurrences
Noun
A metric unit of length equal to ten meters
English: decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm
Female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
English: dam
Bahasa: induk
1 more noun senses
A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces, the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
English: checkers, draughts
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
Verb
Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
English: dam, dam up
Bahasa: membendung, menambak, mengempang, menebat