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[ em-bangk-muhnt ] / ɛmˈbæŋk mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR embankment ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc. the action of embanking. Origin of embankmentFirst recorded in 1780–90; embank + -ment Words nearby embankmentemasculation, EMBA, embacle, embalm, embank, embankment, embar, embarcadero, embarcation, embargo, embark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for embankmentThe train bore me away … we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment. Orwell’s Lies: His Diaries Reveal Problems with the Truth|Jimmy So|August 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST The plane settled about 400 yards from the runway in an embankment off a five-lane highway. Travis Barker’s Emotional Odyssey|Marlow Stern|September 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST “He climbed back up the embankment and slipped in the mud, got mad and chewed me out for half an hour,” Kronk said bitterly. Casey’s Defense Fizzles|Diane Dimond|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST It was with surprise that he found himself, as often of late, on the embankment of the North Warigesui. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari|James S. De Benneville
You may sail along the river or slough, therefore, for miles, and see only occasional evidences of the embankment. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands|Charles Nordhoff Perhaps this was why a policeman on the Embankment spoke to him, and said "Good evening." The Man Who Was Thursday|G. K. Chesterton The bottom of the ditch was wet, and he crawled up the embankment with mud-soaked knees, and sat on the shoulder again. The Hoofer|Walter M. Miller I went for a walk last night and when the fog came up I strayed over an embankment—and had a rather nasty fall. The Tyranny of Weakness|Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for embankment
nouna man-made ridge of earth or stone that carries a road or railway or confines a waterwaySee also levee 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to embankmenthill, breakwater, mound, bank, causeway |