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embankment

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em·bank·ment  (m-bngkmnt)
n.
1. The act of embanking.
2. A mound of earth or stone built to hold back water or to support a roadway.

embankment [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt]
n
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) a man-made ridge of earth or stone that carries a road or railway or confines a waterway See also levee
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.embankmentembankment - a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
levee - an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
hill, mound - structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
bulwark, rampart, wall - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
revetement, stone facing, revetment - a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

embankment
noun bank, ridge, mound, causeway, rampart, earthwork They climbed a steep railway embankment.
Translations
embankment [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt] N [of path, railway] → terraplén m; [of canal, river] → dique m

embankment [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt] n [road, railway] → remblai m, talus m; [river] (made of earth)berge f; (made of concrete)quai m (= dyke) → digue f

embankment
n(Ufer)böschung f; (along path, road) → Böschung f; (for railway) → Bahndamm m; (holding back water) → (Ufer)damm m, → Deich m; (= roadway beside a river)Ufer (→ straße f) nt

embankment [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt] n (of path) → terrapieno; (of road, railway) → massicciata; (of canal, river) → argine m; (dyke) → diga
embankment [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt] n (of path) → terrapieno; (of road, railway) → massicciata; (of canal, river) → argine m; (dyke) → diga

embankment
n embankment [imˈbӕŋkmənt]
a bank or ridge made eg to keep back water or to carry a railway over low-lying places etc. afdamming, wal سَد، حاجِز، رَصيف дига hráz, násep dæmning; vold der Damm ανάχωμα dique mulle خاکریزی valli digue, talus לִבְנוֹת סֶכֶר, סוֹלֶלָה बांध बांधना, बांध nasip, gat (védő)gát, töltés tanggul upphlaðinn kantur; flóðgarður argine, terrapieno 堤防 둑, 제방 krantinė, pylimas (izbūvēta) krastmala tambak dijk demning, voll nasyp dique dig насыпь; набережная hrádza; násyp nasip nasip fördämning, []vall การสร้างเขื่อน set 築堤,路堤 насип, вал پانی کی رکاوٹ کے لۓ ریل کی پٹریوں کے گرد بنایا جانے والا بند đê

embankment جِسر nábřeží skråning Damm ανάχωμα terraplén penger quai obala terrapieno 堤防 dijk voll nabrzeże aterro насыпь vägbank เขื่อน bent


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"Now, William," she said, "if people see me racing along the Embankment like this they WILL talk.
As the streets that lead from the Strand to the Embankment are very narrow, it is better not to walk down them arm-in-arm.
He implied that one ought not to sit out on Chelsea Embankment without a male escort.
 
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