How to pronounce dam

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What dam means

noun

Most people know dam in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

The mother of an animal, such as a horse

In a sentence: The foal stayed close beside its dam in the green pasture.

Where it comes from: It is a form of dame, a word for a lady. It is a different word from dam, the wall across a river.

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