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English noun: embankment

1. embankment (artifact) a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection


Broader (hypernym)hill, mound


Narrower (hyponym)bulwark, levee, rampart, wall


Part holonymrevetement, revetment, stone facing









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