embankment

embankment
Synonyms and related words:
L, abutment, anchorage, anchorage ground, anthill, arc-boutant, arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, basin, beach, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berm, berth, boom, branch, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, cable railway, coast, coastland, coastline, cock, cofferdam, cog railway, dam, defense, dike, ditch, dock, dockage, dockyard, drift, dry dock, dune, earthwork, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, feeder, feeder line, fence, flying buttress, foreshore, gate, gravity dam, gravity-operated railway, groin, hanging buttress, harbor, harborage, haven, haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, horse railway, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, ironbound coast, jam, jetty, junction, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, leaping weir, levee, lido, light railroad, line, littoral, logjam, main line, marina, metro, milldam, moat, mole, molehill, monorail, moorings, mound, mow, parapet, pier, pier buttress, pile, plage, playa, port, portcullis, protected anchorage, pyramid, quay, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, rampart, retaining wall, rick, riverside, riviera, road, roadbed, roadblock, roads, roadstead, roadway, rock-fill dam, rockbound coast, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seaport, seashore, seaside, seawall, shingle, shipyard, shore, shoreline, shoulder, shutter dam, sidetrack, siding, slip, snowdrift, stack, stone wall, strand, street railway, streetcar line, submerged coast, subway, switchback, terminal, terminus, tidewater, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, wall, waterfront, waterside, weir, wharf, wicket dam, work

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  • Embankment — may refer to: * A levee or dike (construction), an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea * Embankment (transportation), in transportation, a raised bank to carry a… …   Wikipedia

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  • Embankment — the Embankment also the Thames Embankment a road along the north bank of the River Thames in London …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Embankment — Em*bank ment, n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. [1913 Webster] 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • embankment — index bulwark Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • embankment — 1786, from embank to enclose with a bank (1570s) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

  • embankment — ► NOUN 1) a wall or bank built to prevent flooding by a river. 2) a bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground …   English terms dictionary

  • embankment — [em baŋk′mənt, imbaŋk′mənt] n. 1. the act or process of embanking 2. a bank of earth, rubble, etc. used to keep back water, hold up a roadway, or as part of a fortification …   English World dictionary

  • embankment — [[t]ɪmbæ̱ŋkmənt[/t]] embankments N COUNT: oft in names after n An embankment is a thick wall of earth that is built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river or the sea from flooding the area. They… …   English dictionary

  • embankment —   Ho āhua. Also: opi wai; kāhonua (dirt); pale kai, kuakua.    ♦ Embankment newly made, kuakuakū.    ♦ To build an embankment, ho opaepae.    ♦ Process of packing earth to make an embankment, kuakuakū …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • embankment — n. a railroad, railway embankment * * * [ɪm bænkmənt] railway embankment . a railroad …   Combinatory dictionary

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