Blossoms have come out on the embankment.
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Embankment
//ɪmˈbæŋkmənt//
Synonyms for "embankment" (183 found)
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Strong matches (55)
cog railwaydamdefensedikeditchdockdockagedockyarddriftdry dockduneearthworkelelectric railwayelevatedelevated railwayfeederfeeder linefenceflying buttress
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foreshoregategravity damgravity-operated railwaygroinhanging buttressharborharboragehavenhaycockhaymowhayrickhaystackheaphillhorse railwayhydraulic-fill damiron curtainironbound coastjamjettyjunctionjuttyllandinglanding placelanding stageleaping weirleveelidolight railroadlinelittorallogjammain line
Related words (91)
marinametromilldammoatmolemolehillmonorailmooringmooringsmoundmowparapetpierpier buttresspileplageplayaportportcullisprotected anchorage
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pyramidquayrack railwayrack-and-pinion railwayrailrail linerailroadrailwayrampartretaining wallrickriversiderivieraroadroadbedroadblockroadsroadsteadroadwayrock-fill damrockbound coastsandssea marginseabankseabeachseaboardseacliffseacoastseaportseashoreseasideseawallshingleshipyardshoreshorelineshouldershutter damsidetracksidingslipsnowdriftstackstone wallstrandstreet railwaystreetcar linesubmerged coastsubwayswitchbackterminalterminustidewatertracktramtramlinetrestletrolley linetrunktrunk linetubeturnoutundergroundwallwaterfrontwatersideweirwharfwicket damwork
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11 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 38 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- kārum noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Albanian
1 entries- argjinaturë noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρόχωσις noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дига noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- насип noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Catalan
1 entries- terraplè noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 堤岸 noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Czech
1 entries- násep noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Danish
2 entries- dige noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- dæmning noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Dutch
1 entries- waterkering noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-x-m-t-N36 noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Esperanto
1 entries- digo noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Estonian
1 entries- vall noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Finnish
3 entries- penger noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- penkka noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- valli noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
French
2 entries- chaussée noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- talus noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
German
4 entries- Bahndamm noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- Böschung noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- Dammschüttung noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- Eindeichung noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kuāuna noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Hindi
2 entries- तटबंध noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- बंधा noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Hungarian
1 entries- töltés noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Italian
1 entries- argine noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Japanese
2 entries- 堤防 noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- 盛土 noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Kapampangan
1 entries- tarundung noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Korean
1 entries- 방조제 noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചിറ noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Manx
1 entries- cleih noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Māori
3 entries- maioro (for fortification) noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- oneone noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- parepare noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اور noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Polish
2 entries- nasyp noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- wał noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Portuguese
1 entries- dique noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Romanian
1 entries- terasament noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Russian
2 entries- на́бережная noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- на́сыпь noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nasip noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- zagat noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Spanish
1 entries- terraplén noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Swedish
1 entries- fördämning noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Tagalog
1 entries- pimpin noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Ukrainian
1 entries- наси́п noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Uyghur
1 entries- كۆتەرمە noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Venetan
4 entries- terajo noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- àrxen noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- àrzare noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
- àrđen noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Welsh
1 entries- clawdd noun (artificial mound of earth and stone)
Sample sentences
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.
Source: tatoeba (10506129)
The dam design includes an emergency spillway weir, to handle flood flows without risking erosion on the rest of the embankment.
Source: tatoeba (10619175)
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