Antonyms for earthwork
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : urth-wurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜrθˌwɜrk |
Definition of earthwork
Origin :- 1630s, from earth + work (n.). In this sense Old English had eorðbyrig; Old English eorðweorc meant "work on the land."
- As in levee : noun embankment
- As in rampart : noun fortification, stronghold
- As in trench : noun ditch, channel dug in earth
- As in fortification : noun reinforced position
- A part of the earthwork can still be seen in the garden of a Hockingport residence.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- The road bed may be shaped in connection with the other earthwork.
- Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
- From the fuss it was apparent that the abattis and earthwork had succumbed.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Along the brow of this hill upon which we are standing was an earthwork.
- Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris
- We concentrated our guns on him as he crouched behind this earthwork.
- Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
- "They've withdrawn the front line, it has retired," said they, pointing over the earthwork.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- He had hardly done it before they were under the parapet of the earthwork.
- Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough
- This earthwork was about fifteen feet long, four feet wide, and two high.
- Extract from : « In Beaver World » by Enos Abijah Mills
- An earthwork, of which traces exist, may be Saxon or Danish.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 » by Various
- The name of the discoverer of this earthwork has been lost in the dimness of time.
- Extract from : « Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region » by H. E. Cole
Synonyms for earthwork
- arroyo
- bank
- barricade
- barrier
- bastion
- battlement
- block
- blockhouse
- breakwater
- breastwork
- buffer
- bulwark
- canal
- castle
- citadel
- consolidation
- cut
- dam
- defense
- depression
- dike
- drain
- drill
- dugout
- earthwork
- elevation
- embankment
- embattlement
- entrenchment
- excavation
- fastness
- fence
- fort
- fortress
- fosse
- foxhole
- furrow
- garrison
- gorge
- guard
- gulch
- gully
- gutter
- hill
- hollow
- keep
- main
- moat
- mound
- outpost
- parapet
- pit
- preparation
- presidio
- protection
- reinforcement
- ridge
- rut
- security
- sink
- stockade
- strengthening
- stronghold
- support
- trough
- tube
- vallation
- wall
- waterway
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