milldam

noun

Definition of milldamnext
as in weir

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milldam
  1. weir
  2. barrage
  3. barrier
  4. sluice
  5. block
  6. lock
  7. barricade
  8. canal
Noun
  • Many of the state’s wildlife officials got their start working on a weir.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The city controls several weirs where water is diverted.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of weir
Noun
  • More like a real treat this week, because there’s actually a whole barrage of movies and television to tune into, finally.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Min has faced a barrage of attacks related to his DUI arrest last year and last month had his campaign signs defaced with anti-Asian slurs.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of barrage
Noun
  • Burgum, himself a billionaire, has also been a vocal critic of the policies of President Joe Biden to raise barriers around the extraction industry.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Seven out of 10 respondents in the study reported barriers to full access to sports.
    Allison Torres Burtka, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of barrier
Noun
  • In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
  • At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.
    Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of sluice
Noun
  • Keep in mind that bucks and does often bed within the same block, but bucks tend to bed at higher elevations or in areas that are more advantageous.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • With the construction of the new golf course comes businesses hungry for a spot on the block, meaning the deli owner might get priced out of his lease by a harbinger of gentrification: a hip smoothie shop with a pun in the name.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of block
Noun
  • And, not to mention her heart of gold and gorgeous golden locks.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There’s a catch—that report was published in 2000, but Facebook’s (now Meta’s) push to offset iMessages’s lock on iPhones has not changed since.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of lock
Noun
  • The two groups are massed on opposite sides of the steps to Low Library, divided by metal barricades and monitored by campus safety teams.
    NBC News, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Chalk graffiti on barricades surrounding a park near vice presidential nominee JD Vance's Alexandria home was painted over Tuesday.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of barricade
Noun
  • Accounts in newspapers from the late 1800s and early 1900s describe manatee sightings in warm water refuges including canals, harbors, yacht basins, and even areas near power plants.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
  • There’s a scene where the two characters are walking above this really long mural that’s been painted on a canal.
    Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of canal
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“Milldam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milldam. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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