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
The tractors are stripping out the phosphorus-rich soil so as to amass 37-foot-tall embankments that will form the 23-foot deep, 10,000-acre reservoir.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
The car blew past the barricades, went off the collapsed road and down the embankment, coming to rest at the bottom of Pigeon River Gorge, the Junaluska Fire Department said in a news release.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
The car came to stop on its wheels facing south on a dirt embankment.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The latest death involved a man who drove a car off a steep embankment on Aug. 1 after taking a one-mile circular hike at the park.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
The car blew past the barricades, went off the collapsed road and down the embankment, coming to rest at the bottom of Pigeon River Gorge, the Junaluska Fire Department said in a news release.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
The car came to stop on its wheels facing south on a dirt embankment.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The latest death involved a man who drove a car off a steep embankment on Aug. 1 after taking a one-mile circular hike at the park.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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