Embankment synonyms

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dam (related)
A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.
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bank
A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
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dike
(Brit., Dial.) A ditch or watercourse
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breakwater
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside
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dock (related)
A large structure or excavated basin for receiving ships, equipped with gates to keep water in or out
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hill (related)
An incline, especially of a road; a slope.
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mound
Any heap or pile
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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
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spillway (related)
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causeway
A raised roadway, as across water or marshland.
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banquette
An upholstered bench, esp. one along a wall in a restaurant
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fill
Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
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levee
An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.
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quay
A wharf, usually of concrete or stone, for use in loading and unloading ships
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terreplein
(Military) A level space, often at the top of a rampart, and behind a parapet, on which artillery can be mounted
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wall
Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part:
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bridge-over (related)
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trackbed (related)
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viaduct (related)
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footbridge (related)
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roadway (related)
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aqueduct (related)
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towpath (related)
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culvert (related)
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bridge (related)
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walkway (related)
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overbridge (related)
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riverbank (related)
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underpass (related)
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sea-wall (related)
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towing path (related)
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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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