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noun
- 1. a wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area: "Chelsea Embankment"
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An embankment is an artificial slope made of earth and/or stones, often used to prevent flooding or create roads or railways. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
EMBANKMENT meaning: 1. an artificial slope made of earth...
- Znaczenie Embankment, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
EMBANKMENT definicja: 1. an artificial slope made of earth...
- Slope
SLOPE definition: 1. a surface that lies at an angle to the...
- Traditional
EMBANKMENT translate: 堤，堤岸，堤圍;（路）堤. Learn more in the...
- Embankment: Thai Translation
embankment translate: การสร้างเขื่อน. Learn more in the...
- Translate English to German
embankment translate: der Damm. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Vietnamese Translation
embankment translate: đê. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Embankment in Spanish
embankment translate: terraplén, dique. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
An embankment is an artificial slope made of earth and/or stones, often used for rivers, roads or railroads. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation and translations, and see examples from various sources.
An embankment is a thick wall of earth or stone that is built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river or the sea from flooding the area. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, collocations, and usage of embankment with Collins English Dictionary.
Embankment definition: a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc.. See examples of EMBANKMENT used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning of embankment, a raised structure used to hold back water or carry a roadway, with synonyms, examples, and word history. See also related words and games from Merriam-Webster.
embankment: 1 n a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection Examples: Antonine Wall a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain ...
Definition of embankment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
