embankment wall
11wall — [OE] Wall was borrowed into Old English from Latin vallum ‘rampart’. This originally denoted a ‘stockade made of stakes’, and it was derived from vallus ‘stake’. German wall, Dutch wal, and Swedish vall, also borrowings from Latin, preserve its… …
12wall — n 1. partition, separator, divider, room divider, screen, division; brattice, Civil Eng. bulkhead; fence, paling, stone wall; embankment, dike, levee, sea wall; dividing wall, Biol. septum, membrane. 2.Usu. walls fortification, protection,… …
13wall — [OE] Wall was borrowed into Old English from Latin vallum ‘rampart’. This originally denoted a ‘stockade made of stakes’, and it was derived from vallus ‘stake’. German wall, Dutch wal, and Swedish vall, also borrowings from Latin, preserve its… …
14embankment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dike, mole, bulwark, bank, wall, levee; barrier, rampart. See defense, enclosure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dike, breakwater, bank, causeway; see dam 1 , dock 1 , hill …
15embankment — em|bank|ment [ımˈbæŋkmənt] n a wide wall of earth or stones built to stop water from flooding an area, or to support a road or railway …
16embankment — em|bank|ment [ ım bæŋkmənt ] noun count a sloping wall of earth or stone beside a road, railroad, or river …
17embankment — noun 1》 a wall or bank built to prevent flooding by a river. 2》 a bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground …
18embankment — noun (C) 1 a wide wall of stones or earth built to keep the water in a river from flowing over its banks, or to support a road or railway over low ground 2 a slope of earth, stone etc that rises from either side of a railway or road …
19embankment — n 1. bank, mound, elevation of earth, Phys. Geog. levee; dike, dam, breakwater, mole; pier, jetty, quay, wharf. 2. causeway, Brit. Dial. causey, raised road or path, viaduct, bridge. 3. wall, rampart, bulwark, Fort. breastwork; railing,… …
20embankment — [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt] noun [C] a sloping wall of earth or stone beside a road, railway, or river …
