Embankment Definition

ĕm-băngkmənt
embankments
noun
The act or process of embanking.
Webster's New World
A bank of earth, rubble, etc. used to keep back water, to hold up a roadway, or as part of a fortification.
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Noun

Singular:
embankment
Plural:
embankments

Origin of Embankment

  • embank +‎ -ment

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Embankment Sentence Examples

  • She finally reached the bottom of the embankment and fell headlong into a bunch of blackberry bushes.

  • The entrance is protected by forts, while a submarine embankment, 2 m.

  • Bordeaux led his horse down the embankment and Cassie hesitantly followed.

  • A great change in the river's course occurred in 1851, when a breach was made in the north embankment near Kaifengfu in Honan.

  • In consequence of the disastrous flood of 1882, important embankment works were executed along the Adige at a cost of £300,000.

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