What does "levee" mean?

An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.

What is a synonym for "levee"?

Common synonyms include: affair, arch dam, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home.

/ˈlɛvi/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
2
The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. obsolete
"c. 1763, Thomas Gray, letter to Mr. Nichols And look before you were up in the morning, though you were a punctual courtier at the sun's levee"
3
an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing wordnet
4
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
5
A reception of visitors held after getting up.

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6
a pier that provides a landing place on a river wordnet
7
The steep bank of a river. US
"The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee."
8
A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
"I must take my leave, for the Cardinal holds a levee to-day, and let those fail in attendance who want nothing."
9
a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) wordnet
10
The border of an irrigated field. US
11
A pier or other landing place on a river. US

Verb

1
To keep within a channel by means of levees. US, transitive
"to levee a river"
2
To attend the levee or levees of. transitive
"He levees all the great."

"The levee kept the floodwater back."

Etymology 1

From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).

Etymology 2

From French levé variant of the noun lever (“the act of getting up in the morning”).