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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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

embankment - 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

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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

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

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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

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

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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 筑堤，路提

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