American English pronunciation

How to pronounce embankment

IPA transcription: [ɛm'bæŋkmənt]

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Noun

  • a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

Usage examples

  • The dam creating the lake, North Anna Dam, is a and earthen embankment dam.
  • The dam is a high rock and earth-fill embankment dam.
  • The loop construction made a railway embankment along one side of the village.
  • Nests have also been noted in mud embankments.
  • The murals are painted on the walls of the Metra tracks embankment.
  • Before the construction of the Thames embankment, the street was right next to the Thames.
  • Along the embankment of Treasury Place there are hydrangeas, ivy and flax.
  • The people who lived there were known as "vaellingar", "those living on the embankment".
  • It consists of the Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment.
  • The pier is flanked by sandy beaches and man-made rock and concrete embankments.