FORT PECK DAM

Meaning of FORT PECK DAM in English

dam on the Missouri River, northeastern Montana, U.S. A Public Works Administration project completed in 1937, it provides flood control, improved navigation, and hydroelectric power. One of the world's largest earth-fill dams, it is 249 feet (76 m) high and 21,432 feet (6,534 m) long.

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FORT — forteresse
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FORT — kota
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FORT — noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French ~, from ~, adjective, strong, from Latin ~is Date: 15th century a strong …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FORT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Fort Knox Fort Lauderdale Fort Matanzas National Monument Fort McHenry Fort Stanwix Treaties of …
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DAM — I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
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PECK — I. ˈpek noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pek, from Old French 1. a. : either of two units …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORT — I. ˈfō(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə], -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English forte, from Middle French fort, from …
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DAM — I. ˈdam, ˈdaa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, lady, dam, variant of dame — more at dame : …
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PECK — (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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PECK — (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
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FORT — (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, …
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DAM — (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a …
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PECK — ( v. ) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PECK — ( n. ) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PECK — peck 1 /pek/ , n. 1. a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORT — /fawrt, fohrt/ , n. 1. a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAM — dam 1 /dam/ , n. , v. , dammed, damming . n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of …
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FORT — n. part of the names of several cities in the USA (i.e. Fort Worth)
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PECK — I. ˈpek noun Etymology: Middle English pek, from Anglo-French Date: 13th century 1. — see weight table 2. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAM — I. ˈdam noun Etymology: Middle English dam, dame lady, dam — more at dame Date: 13th century : the female …
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FORT — noun Etymology: Middle English forte, from Anglo-French fort, from fort, adjective, strong, from Latin fortis Date: 15th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PECK — noun a great deal; a large or excessive quantity. 2. peck ·vi to pick up food with the beak; hence, …
Webster English vocab
DAM — noun a kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. 2. dam ·noun a firebrick wall, or a stone, …
Webster English vocab
PECK — [peck] n [ME pek, fr. MF] (13c) 1: either of two units of dry capacity equal to 1/4 bushel: a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORT — [fort] n [ME forte, fr. MF fort, fr. fort, adj., strong, fr. L fortis] (15c) 1: a strong or fortified …
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PECK — unit of capacity in the U.S. Customary and British Imperial systems of measurement. In the United States the peck is …
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DAM — barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to confine and check the flow of water for such uses as …
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PECK — peck, Peck BrE AmE pek ▷ pecked pekt ▷ pecking ˈpek ɪŋ ▷ pecks peks ▶ ˈ pecking ˌ order …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FORT — fort, Fort BrE AmE fɔːt AmE fɔːrt foʊrt ▷ forts fɔːts AmE fɔːrts foʊrts ▶ ₍ˌ₎ Fort ˈ Knox BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PECK — / pek; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. peck (at sth) ( of birds ) to move the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORT — / fɔːt; NAmE fɔːrt/ noun 1. a building or buildings built in order to defend an area against attack 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — / dæm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a barrier that is built across a river in order …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PECK — I. peck 1 /pek/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Probably from pick ] 1 . [intransitive and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FORT — fort /fɔːt $ fɔːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin fortis 'strong' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAM — I. dam 1 /dæm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ] 1 . a special …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PECK — n. 1 a measure of capacity for dry goods, equal to 2 gallons or 8 quarts. 2 a vessel used …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PECK — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 strike or bite (something) with a beak. 2 kiss (esp. a person's cheek) hastily or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORT — n. 1 a fortified building or position. 2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified. [F fort or It. forte f. L …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PECK — n. 1 a measure of capacity for dry goods, equal to 2 gallons or 8 quarts. 2 a vessel used …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PECK — v. & n. v.tr. 1 strike or bite (something) with a beak. 2 kiss (esp. a person's cheek) hastily or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORT — n. 1 a fortified building or position. 2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified. [ F fort or It. forte f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PECK — 1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1. strike or bite (something) with a beak. 2 kiss (esp. a person's cheek) hastily …
Oxford English vocab
FORT — n.1 a fortified building or position. 2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified. Etymology: F fort or It. forte f. L …
Oxford English vocab
PECK — ( pecks, pecking, pecked) 1. If a bird pecks at something or pecks something, it moves its beak forward quickly …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORT — ( forts) 1. A fort is a strong building or a place with a wall or fence around it where …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — ( dams, damming, dammed) 1. A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PECK — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If a bird ~s at something or ~s something, it moves its beak forward quickly and …
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PECK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird pecks (at) sth (= makes small movements with its head ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE old ▪ He passes through it every time he rides to the old earth …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ A previous California resources secretary proposed building bigger dams on California's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORT — [noun] [C] - a military building consisting of an area enclosed by a strong wall, in which soldiers live and …
Cambridge English vocab
DAM — [verb] [T] -mm-To dam a river is to build a dam across it in order to store the water.They're going …
Cambridge English vocab
DAM — n. Aswan High Dam Hoover Dam Boulder Dam Three Gorges Dam Project
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAM — n. Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
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FORT — n. Fort Lamy Fort Knox Fort Lauderdale Fort Matanzas National Monument Fort McHenry Fort Stanwix Treaties of Fort Sumter National …
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DAM
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FORT — See: HOLD THE FORT.
Slang English vocab
FORT — n. Function: noun a structure or place offering resistance to a hostile force FF1C; settlers fled to the fort FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FORT — noun a structure or place offering resistance to a hostile force settlers fled to the fort Synonyms: citadel, fastness, fortress, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PECK — verb Peck is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bird , ↑ chicken , ↑ hen Peck is …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FORT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hill ▪ border ( esp. AmE ) ▪ Iron Age , Roman , Saxon , etc. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DAM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hydroelectric VERB + DAM ▪ build , construct ▪ breach ▪ The ~ has been breached …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DAM — A structure of earth, rock, or concrete designed to form a basin and hold water back to make a pond, …
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FORT — See: HOLD THE FORT.
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