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English noun: Cam

1. Cam (object) a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River


SynonymsCam River, River Cam


Instance hypernymriver


Part meronymEngland

2. cam (artifact) a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion


Broader (hypernym)rotating mechanism


Narrower (hyponym)distributor cam









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