The levee kept the floodwater back.
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Levee
//ˈlɛvi//
Synonyms for "levee" (120 found)
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38 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дига noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- насип noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Catalan
2 entries- cavalló noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- mota noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Czech
1 entries- hrázka noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Danish
1 entries- floddige noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Esperanto
1 entries- digo noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Finnish
3 entries- tulvapato noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- padota verb (to levee a river)
- rakentaa rantavalli verb (to levee a river)
French
1 entries- digue noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
German
4 entries- Damm noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- Deich noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- Uferböschung noun (steep bank of a river)
- eindeichen verb (to levee a river)
Hindi
2 entries- तटबंध noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- बंधा noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Hungarian
4 entries- gát noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- töltés noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- védőgát noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- árvízvédelmi töltés/gát noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Italian
1 entries- argine noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Macedonian
1 entries- насип noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Māori
1 entries- tupehau noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اور noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Polish
4 entries- grobla noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- nabrzeże noun (steep bank of a river)
- wał przeciwpowodziowy noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- wznieść wał przeciwpowodziowy verb (to levee a river)
Portuguese
2 entries- dique noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- encosta noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Russian
2 entries- да́мба noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- на́сыпь noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Slovene
1 entries- nasip noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Spanish
2 entries- dique noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
- malecón noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Thai
1 entries- คันดิน noun (embankment to prevent inundation)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
There's danger that the levee will break. We have to evacuate immediately.
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I live near the levee.
Source: tatoeba (2609560)
Engineers in New Orleans said they expected heavy rains to cause some flooding, but the storm had not breached levee walls built to hold back Lake Pontchartrain.
Source: tatoeba (12129208)
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