a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
embankment
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for embankment.
Editorial note
The Camry, however, continued speeding down the ramp and across the road at the bottom, crashing into an embankment.
Quick take
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for embankment.
noun
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
Example sentences
The Camry, however, continued speeding down the ramp and across the road at the bottom, crashing into an embankment.
Onagawa was closer to the epicentre, but they built on a high embankment and did not flood and lose power.
But at those low temperatures you pretty much can use any old dirt, US$5300 of it by Vernon's embankment figure.
The median election (analogy: median storm) should make the margins for your candidate (analogy: embankment tolerance) look excessive (analogy: over-engineered).
The car had zipped backward, tipping over an embankment and into a pond.
In both voting and embankment building it'd be silly (dare I say, irrational) to aim for a narrow success.
I would lean more towards poison, or driving my car into a concrete embankment going 100+.
The Victoria Embankment Gardens marked as being in the River Thames.
I took 4 of my kids up an embankment in the woods last year.
Ten carts were pushed over the embankment into the creek.
So I went up the road's embankment, laid down and slept for an hour or so - it was a sunny day.
Always check the rigging yourself before rapelling down the embankment.
Quote examples
What happened nearby (20km away from my house) is a mayor, who was also a developer, decided that an area 4-5m above sea level (with high tide at +3.5m with coefficient 70 I think, so +6m at 120) was "protected" by the new 3m tall dike/embankment (not sure about which word to use in english).
Proper noun examples
I think the only time greater geographic accuracy is handy is when you decide to take a shortcut by walking between stations - EG Charing Cross to Embankment.
I have fallen asleep on the District line meaning to change at Embankment, and woken up in Essex, this has happened around 4 or 5 times (usually after a couple of beers) and it costs around £120 (~$200) from Dagenham East to Camden – a private hire would be much cheaper – and I'd welcome it.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use embankment in a sentence?
The Camry, however, continued speeding down the ramp and across the road at the bottom, crashing into an embankment.
What does embankment mean?
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
What part of speech is embankment?
embankment is commonly used as noun.