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EMBANKMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("embankment" is a kind of...):
hill; mound (structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones)
Meronyms (parts of "embankment"):
revetement; revetment; stone facing (a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embankment"):
levee (an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing)
bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)
Derivation:
embank (enclose with banks, as for support or protection)
