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1 embankment
[im'bæŋkmənt](a bank or ridge made eg to keep back water or to carry a railway over low-lying places etc.) hrádza; násyp* * *• hrádza• nábrežie• násyp -
2 dike
(an embankment built as a barrier against the sea etc.) hrádza* * *• žila (geol.)• priekopa• hrádza• násyp -
3 dyke
(an embankment built as a barrier against the sea etc.) hrádza
См. также в других словарях:
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