Embankment Synonyms

ĕm-băngkmənt
Structure to impound water
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dike
  2. breakwater
  3. banquette
  4. fill
  5. bank
  6. levee
  7. mound
  8. causeway
  9. quay
  10. ravelin
  11. terreplein
  12. wall

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Embankment Sentence Examples

  • She finally reached the bottom of the embankment and fell headlong into a bunch of blackberry bushes.

  • The entrance is protected by forts, while a submarine embankment, 2 m.

  • Bordeaux led his horse down the embankment and Cassie hesitantly followed.

  • A great change in the river's course occurred in 1851, when a breach was made in the north embankment near Kaifengfu in Honan.

  • In consequence of the disastrous flood of 1882, important embankment works were executed along the Adige at a cost of £300,000.

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