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1pile — paɪl n. heap, mound; wealth, fortune; group of buildings; dike, levee v. place one on top of other, heap; accumulate, gather, collect …
2heap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pile, load, stack, mound, assemblage;informal, great deal, heaps (inf.), oodles (inf.), piles (inf.), scads (sl.). See multitude. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pile, accumulation, mass, agglomeration, stack …
3bank — I. n. 1. Mound, knoll, rising ground, heap, pile, tumulus, dike. 2. Shore, brim, brink, margin, marge, border, bound, rim, rivage. 3. Shoal, shallow, bar, sandbank, syrtis. 4. Bench, thwart, beam, rowing beam. 5. Row, tier, course. 6. Banking… …
4Levee — For other uses, see Levee (disambiguation). The side of a levee in Sacramento, California A levee, levée, dike (or dyke), embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which… …
5bank — I n 1. heap, pile, stack, mass, accumulation, bulk, drift, cumulus; deposit, swell, mound, tumulus; ridge, knoll, dune; bundle, cock, shock, rick, mow. 2. embankment, dike, mole; terrace, parapet. 3. acclivity, ascent, upward slope, grade,… …
6River Don, South Yorkshire — River Don The River Don as it flows past Hillsborough Stadium. Origin Pennines …
7harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled harbor any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …
8Mono–Inyo Craters — Coordinates: 37°53′N 119°0′W / 37.883°N 119°W / 37.883; 119 …
9Colorado River — This article is about the river that flows through the Grand Canyon. For other rivers named Colorado, see Colorado River (disambiguation). Coordinates: 31°39′N 114°38′W / 31.65°N 1 …
10Civil engineering and infrastructure repair in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina — This article covers the levee system and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina …
