Synonyms and related words :
arch dam, backstop, balustrade, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, boom, boundary, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, cofferdam, dam, defense, dike, ditch, earthwork, embankment, fence, gate, gravity dam, groin, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, leaping weir, levee, logjam, milldam, moat, mole, mound, parapet, portcullis, rail, railing, rampart, roadblock, rock-fill dam, seawall, shutter dam, wall, weir, wicket dam, work