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 said the road curved, and Garcia drove off the road down an embankment and hit a tree going 101 mph.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 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

But the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 shifted federal spending priorities toward national defense and power-generating dams, delaying flood-control measures such as levees designed to protect low-lying communities like Argentine.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
The river has risen again and again, and in 1993, the Mississippi did not go over the levee, at first, but under it, burrowing a tunnel like a prisoner seeking freedom.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of levee

Noun

About 40 miles south of Nashville, on a river recognized as one of the most biodiverse in the world, stand the remains of a failed dam that just won’t stay dead.

— Henry Liu, Washington Post, 21 July 2026
The Bureau of Reclamation, which manages dams along the river, now plans to provide an additional $100 million for water conservation programs in the four upstream states, paying farmers and ranchers who agree to use less.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 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