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HOOVER DAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
dam; dike; dyke (a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea)
Holonyms ("Hoover Dam" is a part of...):
Battle Born State; Nev.; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)