| NOUN | artifact | embankment | a long artificial mound of stone or earth |
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| Sounds | ehmbae'ngkmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection. | |
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| Parts | revetment, revetement, stone facing | A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment |
| Narrower | levee | An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing |
| rampart, bulwark, wall | An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | |
| Broader | mound, hill | structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones |
| Spanish | dique, ribazo, terraplén | |
| Catalan | terraplè | |
| Verbs | embank | enclose with banks, as for support or protection |
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