1. A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

Derived forms: embankments

See also: embank

Type of: hill, mound

Encyclopedia: Embankment

• tidal river
• tidal stream
• tidal wave
• tidal zone
• tidally
• tidbit
• tiddler
• tiddley
• tiddly
• tiddlywinks
• tide
• tide over
• tide rip
• tide table
• tideland
• tideless
• tidemark
• tidewater
• Tidewater region
• tidewater river
• tidewater stream
• tideway
• tidily
• tidiness
• tidings