roadway embankment

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• Embankment — Em*bank ment, n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. [1913 Webster] 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• embankment — [em baŋk′mənt, imbaŋk′mənt] n. 1. the act or process of embanking 2. a bank of earth, rubble, etc. used to keep back water, hold up a roadway, or as part of a fortification …   English World dictionary

• 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 — /em bangk meuhnt/, n. 1. a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc. 2. the action of embanking. [1780 90; EMBANK + MENT] * * * …   Universalium

• embankment — Synonyms and related words: L, 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• roadway — Synonyms and related words: Autobahn, L, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, branch, bypass, byway, cable railway, camino real,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• embankment — em•bank•ment [[t]ɛmˈbæŋk mənt[/t]] n. 1) civ a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc 2) civ the action of embanking • Etymology: 1780–90 …   From formal English to slang

• Old Hammond Highway — is the designation for what was the main traffic route between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Hammond, Louisiana, United States, for a short time in the early 20th century. It was largely replaced by U.S. Highway 51. Parts of the roadway followed… …   Wikipedia

• Level crossing — This article is about at grade intersections between railway and road. For where two rail lines cross, see level junction. For a type of nuclear receptor (RXR), see Retinoid X receptor. A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise …   Wikipedia

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• Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …   Universalium