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em⋅bank⋅ment

  [em-bangk-muhnt]
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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.  
  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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : embankment
Spanish: dique,
German: der Damm,
Japanese: 堤防
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embankment 
1786, from embank "to enclose with a bank" (1576).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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