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em⋅bank⋅ment
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mənt
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–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
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em·bank·ment
(ěm-bāngk'mənt)
n.
The act of embanking.
A mound of earth or stone built to hold back water or to support a roadway.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History
embankment
1786, from
embank
"to enclose with a bank" (1576).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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