damburst
English
noun
Definitions
- The situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.
Etymology
Compound from English dam (draughts piece) + English burst.
Origin
English
burst
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aburst English
- afterburst English
- airburst English
- antidam English
- backdam English
- budburst English
- burst English
- burstability English
- burstable English
- burster English
- bursteth English
- burstlet English
- burstwise English
- burstwort English
- bursty English
- circumburst English
- cloudburst English
- cofferdam English
- colorburst English
- dam English
- dambuster English
- damlike English
- dammable English
- dammer English
- dammest English
- dammeth English
- damside English
- damsire English
- downburst English
- forburst English
- gravity dam English
- groundburst English
- inburst English
- interburst English
- intraburst English
- macroburst English
- microburst English
- miniburst English
- outburst English
- postburst English
- preburst English
- redam English
- rockburst English
- starburst English
- sunburst English
- superburst English
- thunderburst English
- toburst English
- unburst English
- undam English
- upburst English
- ダム Japanese
- bersten Middle English
- dam Middle English
- dam Cebuano
- idamu Xhosa
- dam
- burst
- redam
- undam
- dammer
- bursty
- aburst
- dammest
- unburst
- dammeth
- toburst
- inburst
- damsire
- backdam
- burster
- upburst
- damlike
- damside
- antidam
- bursteth
- dammable
- sunburst
- preburst
- burstlet
- airburst
- budburst
- forburst
- outburst
- rockburst
- postburst
- starburst
- burstable
- dambuster
- burstwise
- miniburst
- burstwort
- cofferdam
- downburst
- cloudburst
- superburst
- colorburst
- interburst
- microburst
- intraburst
- macroburst
- afterburst
- circumburst
- gravity dam
- groundburst
- thunderburst
- burstability