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HOOVER DAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hoover Dam mean?
• HOOVER DAM (noun)
The noun HOOVER DAM has 1 sense:
1. a large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada
Familiarity information: HOOVER DAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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