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1. (n.) embankment
a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc.
2. embankment
the action of embanking.
Etymology: (1780–90)
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| Definition of 'Embankment' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) embankment
a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
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| Definition of 'Embankment' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Embankment
the act of surrounding or defending with a bank
2. (noun) Embankment
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
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Sense: a bank or ridge made eg to keep back water or to carry a railway over low-lying places etc.
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 Afrikaans: afdamming, wal |
 Arabic: سَد، حاجِز، رَصيف |
 Bulgarian: дига |
 Brazilian: dique |
 Czech: hráz, násep |
 German: der Damm |
 Danish: dæmning; vold |
 Greek: ανάχωμα |
 Spanish: dique |
 Estonian: mulle |
 Farsi: خاکریزی |
 Finnish: valli |
 French: digue, talus |
 Hebrew: לִבְנוֹת סֶכֶר, סוֹלֶלָה |
 Hindi: बांध बांधना, बांध |
 Croatian: nasip, gat |
 Hungarian: (védő)gát, töltés |
 Indonesian: tanggul |
 Icelandic: upphlaðinn kantur; flóðga |
 Italian: argine, terrapieno |
 Japanese: 堤防 |
 Korean: 둑, 제방 |
 Lithuanian: krantinė, pylimas |
 Latvian: (izbūvēta) krastmala |
 Malay: tambak |
 Dutch: dijk |
 Norwegian: demning, voll |
 Polish: nasyp |
 Persian: خاکریزی |
 Pashto: پټم، بند، درم |
 Portuguese: dique |
 Romanian: dig |
 Russian: насыпь; набережная |
 Slovak: hrádza; násyp |
 Slovenian: nasip |
 Serbian: nasip |
 Swedish: fördämning, [järnvägs]val |
 Thai: การสร้างเขื่อน |
 Turkish: set |
 Taiwanese: 堤岸 |
 Ukrainian: насип, вал |
 Urdu: پانی کی رکاوٹ کے لۓ ریل ک |
 Vietnamese: đê |
 Chinese: 堤防，筑堤 |
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