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View synonyms for milldam

milldam

[ mil-dam ]

noun

  1. a dam built in a stream to furnish a head of water for turning a mill wheel.


milldam

/ ˈmɪlˌdæm /

noun

  1. a dam built in a stream to raise the water level sufficiently for it to turn a millwheel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of milldam1

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; mill 1, dam 1
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Example Sentences

Say, Jack, isn't that the name of the man who took the old Grimes farm up at the milldam?

Night found the army encamped on the east bank of Pine creek, above the site of the old Brier milldam.

In this is the Milldam Fall, a ledge about fourteen feet high, over which the waters make a uniform flow all across the ravine.

For two hundred years the water has rippled over the sill on which once firmly set the gate to the old milldam.

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