Thesaurus results for EARTHWORK

earthwork

noun

Definition of earthwork

as in embankment

a raised bank or wall made of soil

—usually plural prehistoric earthworks

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Recent Examples of earthwork As reported by Heritage Daily, the new findings—published in the journal Nature—include signs of hundreds of earthworks that had not previously been identified. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026 Artist Stan Herd created a massive quarter-acre Algerian flag earthwork near the Lied Center on west campus. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026 More than 200 of these earthworks have been preserved at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 From 2016, project teams were flying weekly missions and creating a Google Earth-consistent aerial record of earthworks at centimeter resolution and accuracy. — Mike Winn, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for earthwork

Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthwork

Noun

The vehicle went into an embankment about a mile north of the East Kuna Mora Road interchange and overturned, according to police.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026
Her remains were found in 1990 by accident, as fire department crews were responding to a traffic collision down an embankment near Highway 33 and Creek Road.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of embankment

Noun

The compact coastal town is known for its whitewashed medina, brightly painted murals and imposing Portuguese-era ramparts overlooking the ocean.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
To the left and right are the high ramparts of Sleeping Bear Dunes, the distant wedge that is South Manitou Island and unbelievably blue water.

— Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of rampart

Noun

The state is pre-positioning more than 4 million sandbags, more than 50,000 feet of portable flood barriers and 400,000 tons of rock to repair levees.

— Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
It was meant to be part of the state treasury to restore water conveyance capacity and help fund delta levee projects down the road.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of levee

Noun

Three dams along the Boardman River were taken out to reconnect coldwater streams and restore fish habitat.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Goaltenders Spencer Knight and Arvid Söderblom have tried their best to seal the leaks, but the dam has overflowed early on.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of dam

Noun

Chinese Nationalist forces breached the river’s dikes near Huayuankou to slow advancing Japanese troops.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of dike

Noun

NGOs reported that more than 140 people died in the attempt to cross into the territory, including some who drowned or were trampled in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Lifeguards from the department swam to the breakwater, rescued Dubray and brought her aboard a fire boat.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of breakwater

Noun

The automaker is positioning this new lineup as its bulwark against the flood of Chinese imports that is currently decimating other European brands.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2026
Yet the episode also offered evidence of how natural resources provide a bulwark against an adversarial White House.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026