Blossoms have come out on the embankment.
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Embankment
/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/
Synonyms for "embankment" (200 found)
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abutmentanchorageanchorage groundanthillarc-boutantarch dambackstopbamboo curtainbankbarbarragebarrierbasinbeachbeambear-trap dambeaver dambermberthboom
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branchbreakwaterbreastworkbrick wallbufferbulkheadbulwarkbuttressbuttress pierbuttressingcable railwaycoastcoastlandcoastlinecockcofferdam
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linelittorallogjammain linemarinametromilldammoatmolemolehillmonorailmooringmooringsmoundmowparapetpierpier buttresspileplage
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playaportportcullisprotected anchoragepyramidquayrack railwayrack-and-pinion railwayrailrail linerailroadrailwayrampartretaining wallrickriversiderivieraroadroadbedroadblockroadsroadsteadroadwayrock-fill damrockbound coastsandssea marginseabankseabeachseaboardseacliffseacoastseaportseashoreseasideseawallshingleshipyardshoreshorelineshouldershutter damsidetracksidingslipsnowdriftstackstone wallstrandstreet railwaystreetcar linesubmerged coastsubwayswitchbackterminalterminustidewatertracktramtramlinetrestletrolley linetrunktrunk linetubeturnoutundergroundwallwaterfrontwatersideweirwharfwicket damwork
Noun(6 words)
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4 entriescoastal embankmentrailway embankmentriver embankmentroad embankment
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6 entriescoastal embankmentearthen embankmentflood defense embankmentrailway embankmentriver embankmentroad embankment
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7 total sentences available.
Sami's body was discovered dumped over a highway embankment in Ontario.
Source: tatoeba (6577678)
The kids piled into the back of the car, and Mum threw a blanket in behind them before racing round to the front, jumping in and starting the engine as the sea, breaching the embankment, surged down the street towards them.
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The dam design includes an emergency spillway weir, to handle flood flows without risking erosion on the rest of the embankment.
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