English noun: Cam | |||
1. | Cam (object) a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River | ||
Synonyms | Cam River, River Cam | ||
Instance hypernym | river | ||
Part meronym | England | ||
2. | cam (artifact) a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rotating mechanism | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | distributor cam | ||