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embank
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em·bank

transitive verb \im-ˈbaŋk\

Definition of EMBANK

: to enclose or confine by an embankment

First Known Use of EMBANK

1576

Rhymes with EMBANK

claybank, Cruikshank, drop tank, eye bank, Firbank, flag rank, foreshank, gangplank, greenshank, land bank, left-bank, nonbank, outflank, outrank, pickthank, point-blank, redshank, sandbank, sheepshank, snowbank, state bank, think tank, West Bank

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