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embankment - 4 dictionary results

em⋅bank⋅ment

[em-bangk-muhnt]
–noun
1. a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc.
2. the action of embanking.

Origin:
1780–90; embank + -ment
em·bank·ment   (ěm-bāngk'mənt)   
n.  
  1. The act of embanking.
  2. A mound of earth or stone built to hold back water or to support a roadway.

Embankment

Em*bank"ment\, n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
Language Translation for : embankment
Spanish: dique,
German: der Damm,
Japanese: 堤防

embankment 
1786, from embank "to enclose with a bank" (1576).
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