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Cam

UK/ˈkæm/ US/kæm/ common informal uk us

noun

1.

a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

Synonyms
2.

a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion

Origin

PIE word *ǵómbʰos Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos Proto-Germanic *kambaz Proto-West Germanic ᚲᚨᛒᚨ Proto-West Germanic *kamb Old Dutch *kamb Middle Dutch kamp Dutch kamder. English cam Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.

Phrases

  • cam band
  • cam out
  • dash cam
  • face cam
  • heart cam
  • kiss cam
  • nanny cam
  • overhead cam
  • rock cam
  • security cam
  • stump cam
  • variable cam timing

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