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embankment Definition


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embankment
noun
    1. A bank or wall of earth made to enclose a waterway.
      Thesaurus: dike, breakwater, pier, dam, levee.
    2. A mound built to carry a road or railway over a low-lying place.
    3. A slope of grass, earth, etc which rises from either side of a road or railway.


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