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 car veered off the road and came to a stop in an embankment.
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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
The man and his dog spent the night trapped in the wreck in the woods about 30 feet down an embankment from the highway, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
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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
The man and his dog spent the night trapped in the wreck in the woods about 30 feet down an embankment from the highway, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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