Embankment synonyms
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(Brit., Dial.) A ditch or watercourse
dock (related)
A large structure or excavated basin for receiving ships, equipped with gates to keep water in or out
A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
A raised roadway, as across water or marshland.
dam (related)
A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.
hill (related)
An incline, especially of a road; a slope.
banquette
An upholstered bench, esp. one along a wall in a restaurant
Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.
Any heap or pile
A wharf, usually of concrete or stone, for use in loading and unloading ships
ravelin
A fortification outside a castle used to split an attacking force; composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon
Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part:
Find another word for embankment. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for embankment, like: dike, dock, breakwater, bank, causeway, dam, hill, banquette, fill, levee and mound.