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embankment (noun)

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  • embankment — ► NOUN 1) a wall or bank built to prevent flooding by a river. 2) a bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground …   English terms dictionary

  • embankment — noun a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road See Also …   Wiktionary

  • embankment — noun Date: 1786 1. a raised structure (as of earth or gravel) used especially to hold back water or to carry a roadway 2. the action of embanking …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • embankment — noun 1》 a wall or bank built to prevent flooding by a river. 2》 a bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground …   English new terms dictionary

  • embankment — noun (C) 1 a wide wall of stones or earth built to keep the water in a river from flowing over its banks, or to support a road or railway over low ground 2 a slope of earth, stone etc that rises from either side of a railway or road …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • embankment — UK [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms embankment : singular embankment plural embankments a sloping wall of earth or stone beside a road, railway, or river …   English dictionary

  • embankment — em|bank|ment [ ım bæŋkmənt ] noun count a sloping wall of earth or stone beside a road, railroad, or river …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • embankment — [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt] noun [C] a sloping wall of earth or stone beside a road, railway, or river …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • embankment — /ɛmˈbæŋkmənt / (say em bangkmuhnt), /əm / (say uhm ) noun 1. a bank, mound, dyke, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a road, etc. 2. the act of embanking …  

  • protective embankment — noun a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification • Syn: ↑escarpment, ↑escarp, ↑scarp • Hypernyms: ↑fortification, ↑munition …   Useful english dictionary

  • covered way — noun : a corridor running along the top of a counterscarp and protected by an embankment whose outer slope forms the glacis * * * covered way or covert way noun (fortification) A path outside the ditch of a fort, sunk below the crest of the… …   Useful english dictionary

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