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What (who) is Embankment - definition
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Embankments; Embankment (disambiguation)
embankment
n. a railroad, railway embankment
Embankment
·noun The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
II. Embankment ·noun A structure of earth, gravel, ·etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, ·etc.
embankment
(embankments)
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.
They climbed a steep embankment.
...a railway embankment.
N-COUNT: oft in names after n
Examples of use of Embankment
1. Injured survivors were led or carried up the embankment.
2. They will be recycled when Embankment is dismantled.
3. The truck ended up teetering over the embankment.
4. "Do me a favor, stand behind the dirt embankment.
5. "When it pulled in to Embankment people fell out and carried on fighting on the platform.