'Embankment' definitions:
Definition of 'embankment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Definition of 'Embankment'
From: GCIDE
- Embankment \Em*bank"ment\, n.
- 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'embankment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutment,
- anchorage,
- anchorage ground,
- anthill,
- arc-boutant,
- arch dam,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- basin,
- beach,
- beam,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- berm,
- berth,
- boom,
- branch,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- buttress,
- buttress pier,
- buttressing,
- cable railway,
- coast,
- coastland,
- coastline,
- cock,
- cofferdam,
- cog railway,
- dam,
- defense,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dock,
- dockage,
- dockyard,
- drift,
- dry dock,
- dune,
- earthwork,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- fence,
- flying buttress,
- foreshore,
- gate,
- gravity dam,
- gravity-operated railway,
- groin,
- hanging buttress,
- harbor,
- harborage,
- haven,
- haycock,
- haymow,
- hayrick,
- haystack,
- heap,
- hill,
- horse railway,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- ironbound coast,
- jam,
- jetty,
- junction,
- jutty,
- L,
- landing,
- landing place,
- landing stage,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- lido,
- light railroad,
- line,
- littoral,
- logjam,
- main line,
- marina,
- metro,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- molehill,
- monorail,
- moorings,
- mound,
- mow,
- parapet,
- pier,
- pier buttress,
- pile,
- plage,
- playa,
- port,
- portcullis,
- protected anchorage,
- pyramid,
- quay,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- rampart,
- retaining wall,
- rick,
- riverside,
- riviera,
- road,
- roadbed,
- roadblock,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- roadway,
- rock-fill dam,
- rockbound coast,
- sands,
- sea margin,
- seabank,
- seabeach,
- seaboard,
- seacliff,
- seacoast,
- seaport,
- seashore,
- seaside,
- seawall,
- shingle,
- shipyard,
- shore,
- shoreline,
- shoulder,
- shutter dam,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- slip,
- snowdrift,
- stack,
- stone wall,
- strand,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- submerged coast,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- tidewater,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground,
- wall,
- waterfront,
- waterside,
- weir,
- wharf,
- wicket dam,
- work