embankment
pronunciation
How to pronounce embankment in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt]
How to pronounce embankment in American English:
US [ɛmˈbæŋkmənt]
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- Noun:
- a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Word Origin
- embankment (n.)
- 1786, from embank "to enclose with a bank" (1570s; see em- (1) + bank (n.2)) + -ment.
Example
- 1. Men stand in line , sending mud up to the embankment .
- 2. Men pass mud along a line as they build an embankment by hand on the island of padma pakur
- 3. Asked the reporter , and offered his microphone to a thin , bearded man who was standing next to his shack on the embankment .
- 4. Men and women fish along the embankment .
- 5. She is building a tent for herself and her son on the embankment .