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Embankment

Embankment Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Embankment? [n] a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection Synonyms \| Synonyms for Embankment: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Embankment: abutment \| anchorage \| anchorage ground \| anthill \| arc-boutant \| arch dam \| backstop \| bamboo curtain \| bank \| bar \| barrage \| barrier \| basin \| beach \| beam \| bear-trap dam \| beaver dam \| berm \| berth \| boom \| branch \| breakwater \| breastwork \| brick wall \| buffer \| bulkhead \| bulwark \| buttress \| buttress pier \| buttressing \| cable railway \| coast \| coastland \| coastline \| cock \| cofferdam \| cog railway \| dam \| defense \| dike \| ditch \| dock \| dockage \| dockyard \| drift \| dry dock \| dune \| earthwork \| el \| electric railway \| elevated \| elevated railway \| feeder \| feeder line \| fence \| flying buttress \| foreshore \| gate \| gravity dam \| gravity-operated railway \| groin \| hanging buttress \| harbor \| harborage \| haven \| haycock \| haymow \| hayrick \| haystack \| heap \| hill \| horse railway \| hydraulic-fill dam \| iron curtain \| ironbound coast \| jam \| jetty \| junction \| jutty \| L \| landing \| landing place \| landing stage \| leaping weir \| levee \| lido \| light railroad \| line \| littoral \| logjam \| main line \| marina \| metro \| milldam \| moat \| mole \| molehill \| monorail \| moorings \| mound \| mow \| parapet \| pier \| pier buttress \| pile \| plage \| playa \| port \| portcullis \| protected anchorage \| pyramid \| quay \| rack railway \| rack-and-pinion railway \| rail \| rail line \| railroad \| railway \| rampart \| retaining wall \| rick \| riverside \| riviera \| road \| roadbed \| roadblock \| roads \| roadstead \| roadway \| rockbound coast \| rock-fill dam \| sands \| sea margin \| seabank \| seabeach \| seaboard \| seacliff \| seacoast \| seaport \| seashore \| seaside \| seawall \| shingle \| shipyard \| shore \| shoreline \| shoulder \| shutter dam \| sidetrack \| siding \| slip \| snowdrift \| stack \| stone wall \| strand \| street railway \| streetcar line \| submerged coast \| subway \| switchback \| terminal \| terminus \| tidewater \| track \| tram \| tramline \| trestle \| trolley line \| trunk \| trunk line \| tube \| turnout \| underground \| wall \| waterfront \| waterside \| weir \| wharf \| wicket dam \| work See Also \| bulwark \| hill \| mound \| rampart \| revetement \| revetment \| stone facing \| wall Embankment In Webster's Dictionary \Em*bank"ment\, n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

Embankment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embankment?

[n] a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embankment:

Embankment In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*bank"ment\, n.
1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent
   water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain
   water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

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