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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