Usually means: Barrier across rivers controls flow.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word weir:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. weir: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Weir, weir: Merriam-Webster
  3. weir: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. weir: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. weir: Collins English Dictionary
  6. weir: Vocabulary.com
  7. Weir, weir: Wordnik
  8. weir: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Weir, weir: Wiktionary
  10. weir: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. weir: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. weir: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. weir: Dictionary.com
  14. weir: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. The Weir, WEIR, Weir (Hampshire cricketer), Weir (disambiguation), Weir (song), Weir (surname), Weir: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Weir: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. weir: Rhymezone
  18. Weir: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. weir: FreeDictionary.org
  20. weir: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. weir: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Weir: Energy Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weir (dam), weir: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. weir: A Word A Day
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. weir: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weir: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
noun:  A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
noun:  (obsolete) Seaweed.
noun:  (countable) A surname.
noun:  A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8725).
noun:  A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India.
noun:  An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A minor city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
noun:  A town in Choctaw County, Mississippi.
noun:  A minor city in Williamson County, Texas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

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