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em·bank·ment
embankment
pronunciation:
ihm
baengk
m
nt
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part of speech:
noun
definition:
a mound or bank of earth or stone formed to support a roadway, serve as a protective barrier, or the like.
The car slid off the road and onto the embankment.
The high water spilled over the embankments.
similar words:
bank
,
rampart
related words:
barricade
,
barrier
,
bulwark
,
wall
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soil
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