as in levee
a bank of earth constructed to control water
the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge
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Recent Examples of embankment
Investigators said the bus then went partially up the embankment off the highway near milepost 2 and rolled onto its left side.
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
The car veered off the road and came to a stop in an embankment.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Archaeologists began excavating and reconstructing the palace complex in the mid-1970s, including the original stone embankments, water conduit and drainage channel.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Video of the rescue shows the crumpled truck on its side up against a tree on the steep embankment.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
The car veered off the road and came to a stop in an embankment.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Archaeologists began excavating and reconstructing the palace complex in the mid-1970s, including the original stone embankments, water conduit and drainage channel.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Video of the rescue shows the crumpled truck on its side up against a tree on the steep embankment.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embankment
Noun
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In the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began installing canals and levees to control flooding in the Everglades, which allowed people to build farms and communities along its edges.—
John Kominoski,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2025
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Dozens of rivers from Arkansas to Indiana were flooding on Sunday, threatening bridges, levees, water and sewage systems, and other infrastructure.—
Patrick J. Lyons,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The land between the 1982 dam on the east and C-470 on the west is owned by the Corps of Engineers and managed as a park by the city of Lakewood.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
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Hop Brook Lake and dam are located in the towns of Naugatuck, Waterbury, and Middlebury, according to the corps.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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