Thesaurus results for EMBANKMENT

embankment

noun

im-ˈbaŋk-mənt

Definition of embankment

as in levee

a bank of earth constructed to control water the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge

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Recent Examples of embankment At a road embankment in Utqiaġvik, our team used fiber-optic cables to collect temperature and seismic data. — Ming Xiao, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 Water began to flood the streets of Baja California Sur on Monday hours after residents boarded up homes and set up embankments as Hurricane Polo bore down on the peninsula Monday, threatening high winds, floods and mudslides. — Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026 The rider lost control of the UTV and fell roughly 250 feet down a steep embankment, agency officials said. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2026 Her car sat upside down on an embankment, roughly a quarter-mile from the crash site, with all its windows shattered, the father said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for embankment

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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

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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

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