Definition of Embankment. Meaning of Embankment. Synonyms of Embankment

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Definition of Embankment

Embankment
Embankment Em*bank"ment, n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 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.

Meaning of Embankment from wikipedia

- Look up embankment or embankments in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Embankment may refer to: A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately...
- Albert Embankment is part of the river bank on the south side of the River Thames in Central London. It stretches approximately one mile (1.6 km) northward...
- An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions...
- Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment (the other section is the Chelsea Embankment), a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River...
- An embankment is a raised wall, bank or mound made of earth or stones, that are used to hold back water or carry a roadway. A road, railway line, or canal...
- Ithaca Embankments is a heritage-listed group of embankments in the former Town of Ithaca and now in the suburbs of Kelvin Grove, Red Hill and Paddington...
- Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment. There had been a long history of failed proposals to embank the Thames in central London. Embankments along the...
- Frunzenskaya Embankment is a street and embankment in Khamovniki District of Moscow. It is a section of the embankment along the Moskva between the Krymsky...
- Don Embankment (Russian: Набережная реки Дон) in Rostov-on-Don is situated on the right side of the river. In the 1860s in Rostov was formed a street called...
- Chelsea Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. The western...