Thesaurus results for EMBANKMENT

embankment

noun

im-ˈbaŋk-mənt

Definition of embankment

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 Police said the vehicle then traveled down a steep embankment and struck a large tree before coming to rest in a ravine. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026 Sutter County Fire said the vehicle rolled about 10 feet down an embankment and caught fire with the driver trapped inside. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The vehicle went into an embankment about a mile north of the East Kuna Mora Road interchange and overturned, according to police. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026 At a road embankment in Utqiaġvik, our team used fiber-optic cables to collect temperature and seismic data. — Ming Xiao, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for embankment

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Noun

As Reclamation District 108 leaves some fields dry, the goal will be to move a levee back so the river can spread out, restoring a natural floodplain, Bair said.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
In the winter of 2022-2023, several consecutive powerful storms led to a levee breach, which caused significant flooding along the Cosumnes River, killing three people.

— Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of levee

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Once the contractors are prepared to work on the dam, that's when crews will drain it completely.

— Rina Nakano, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
The agency also instructed Citation to install monitoring wells to test for pollution and to build a pit with a rock dam on Faulkner’s land to catch the polluted water, along with a fence to keep the cattle out.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

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