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Synonyms for embankment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : em-bangk-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbæŋk mənt



Définition of embankment

Origin :
  • 1786, from embank "to enclose with a bank" (1570s; see bank (n.2)) + -ment.
  • noun dike
Example sentences :
  • Do you remember that night on the Embankment when we were both so scared of getting married?
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • There was a crowd on the embankment by the corner of the Ripetta bridge.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Katherine watched them as they crossed the street and turned on to the Embankment.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • I think—I think I'll take a walk on the Embankment—by myself.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • The others had barely got beyond the embankment, when they were swept away.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • The embankment being completed, the animals construct their lodges.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • I'd been walking up and down the Embankment for about three hours.
  • Extract from : « The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • On the end of this embankment was a small wooden lighthouse.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • Tom rested it on the embankment and looked towards the house.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • The morning promised to be fair, and she decided to walk by way of the Embankment.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

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