- embankment as a noun:
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embankment
noun
1 embankment
A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection.
Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance†, tabernacle, throne, ark. home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall†; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana†; household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile; native soil, native land. habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche. nest, nidus, snuggery†; arbor, bower, etc. 191; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry†, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah†. bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation†; barrack, casemate†, casern†. tent etc. (covering) 223; building etc. (construction) 161; chamber etc. (receptacle) 191; xenodochium†. tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft†. cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen etc. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn†; kennel, sty, doghold†, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary†, columbarium; shippen†; igloo, iglu†, jacal†; lacustrine dwelling†, lacuslake dwelling†, lacuspile dwelling†; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek†. house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple etc. 1000. hamlet, village, thorp†, dorp†, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto. street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews. square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza. anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor. quarter, parish etc. (region) 181. assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow†, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen†; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet†, posada†; almshouse†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]. garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance†, demesne. [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo. ... show more
Roget 666: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison etc. 752; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse†; hiding place etc. (ambush) 530; sanctum sanctorum [Lat.] etc. (privacy) 893. roadstead, anchorage; breakwater, mole, port, haven; harbor, harbor of refuge; seaport; pier, jetty, embankment, quay. covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher [U.S.]. wall etc. (inclosure) 232; fort etc. (defense) 717. anchor, kedge; grapnel, grappling iron; sheet anchor, killick†; mainstay; support etc. 215; cheek etc. 706; ballast. jury mast; vent-peg; safety valve, blow-off valve; safety lamp; lightning rod, lightning conductor; safety belt, airbag, seat belt; antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires. means of escape etc. (escape) 671; lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket; parachute, plank, steppingstone; emergency landing. safeguard etc. (protection) 664. ... show more
Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation†, preservation etc. 670; guardianship. area defense; site defense. self-defense, self-preservation; resistance etc. 719. safeguard etc. (safety) 664; balistraria†; bunker, screen etc. (shelter) 666; camouflage etc. (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment†; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse†, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment†; kila†; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation†; paling etc. (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado†, laager†, sangar†; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.]; abatis, abattis†, abbatis†; vallum†, circumvallation†, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp†, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate†; vallation†, vanfos†. buttress, abutment; shore etc. (support) 215. breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet†, bastion, redan†, ravelin†; vauntmure†; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan†, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage [Fr.], fort-alice; lines. loophole, machicolation†; sally port. hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum etc. (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon†, pah†, sconce, martello tower†, peelhouse†, blockhouse, rath†; wooden walls. [body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate†, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum†, cuirass, habergeon†, mail, coat of mail, brigandine†, hauberk, lorication†, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade†, heaume†, morion†, murrion†, armet†, cabaset†, vizor†, casquetel†, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace†, shako etc. (dress) 225. bearskin; panoply; truncheon etc. (weapon) 727. garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian etc. (safety) 664; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner†. bulletproof window. hardened site. ... show more
is a specific kind of: hill, mound.
is a broader term that covers: levee | bulwark, rampart, wall.
has as a part: revetement, revetment, stone facing.
derivation: embank.
Dutch: dijk, waterkering, binnendijk, kademuur, walmuur
Polish: bulwar
Moby thesaurus: L, 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, 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 ... show more.
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