Meaning Of The Word Embankment

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Embankment Meaning

Embankment Definition
Embankment Definition

What's The Definition Of Embankment?

embankment
An embankment is a thick wall of earth that is built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river or the sea from flooding the area.

embankment in American English
the act or process of embanking
noun: a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc

embankment in British English
noun: a ridge of earth or stone erected to carry a road or railway or confine a waterway

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