Thesaurus results for EARTHWORK

earthwork

noun

Definition of earthwork

as in embankment

a raised bank or wall made of soil

—usually plural prehistoric earthworks

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Recent Examples of earthwork This is around the same time that the first earthworks at Stonehenge were built, while the famous stones weren’t put in place until 500 years later. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 It's thought that people would have celebrated the solstice at the site around the same time as the very first earthworks were built at Stonehenge. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 Lantern Light Magic End the day with the Lantern Light Tour at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, where the night sky transforms the ancient earthworks into an unforgettable experience. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026 Residents allege that approving earthwork without a site plan prevents meaningful public review and undermines environmental and infrastructure protections, court documents state. — Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for earthwork

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Noun

Prosecutors alleged Stout lit a car on fire near popular swimming spots and pushed the burning vehicle down a 60-foot embankment in Upper Bidwell Park east of Chico, where the Park Fire started July 24, 2024.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
The crash is the second time someone has plunged their vehicle over the same embankment and died.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of embankment

Noun

The record there shows us a circle of 15-foot-high limestone walls with towers and ramparts on a verdant coastal plain, not a desert city of earth and clay.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
Gaspare Fossati, the architect best known for restoring Hagia Sophia, renovated the building in the 1840s, while the remains of 13th-century Genoese ramparts still form part of the restaurant walls downstairs.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026

Definition of rampart

Noun

The other is the data gap itself, with unreliable or incomplete records common across stormwater systems, levees, schools and other sectors.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The town is worried about the effect the wall would have on a series of berms and levees built in the 1970s and 1980s along the Rio Grande and tributaries to combat flooding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of levee

Noun

The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam was the tallest dam in the world when it was completed, but that was in 1936.

— Chris Kelly, New Yorker, 28 July 2026
In 2011, the water district planned to strengthen the existing dam; officials said the cost would be $193 million, with construction beginning in 2017 and taking three years.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

Definition of dam

Noun

The company says the W-01 responds to risks from tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, marine submersion and dike or dam failures.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
As the the dikes reached the seafloor, lava erupted onto the ocean floor, while continuing to drain the magma reservoir, causing the seafloor to collapse further, the researchers told ScienceAlert.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Definition of dike

Noun

The city is also looking at water circulation around the pier, specifically how the breakwater changes the environment, Parry said.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The shark was apparently first found wedged in rocks by the breakwater at Salty Brine State Beach in Galilee, but then the shark freed itself and started swimming in circles.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026

Definition of breakwater

Noun

Rubio’s support for Israel is typical of Cuban-American politicians who see the country as a bulwark against communism.

— Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
However, the ballot proposition process would increasingly serve the very forces that direct democracy was conceived as a bulwark against — those with the means to push their pet causes.

— Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026