Translation
dam; barrier, roadblock
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Word origin
From the verb barrer ('to bar, to block'), with the suffix -age. Barrer comes from barre ('bar'), of uncertain earlier origin.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- barrer
Grammar
Examples
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The dam supplies electricity to the whole region.
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The police set up a roadblock on the road.
Serre-Ponçon .
The Serre-Ponçon dam is one of the largest in Europe.
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The two teams played a play-off match.
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He blocked that bill.
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