Definition of Embankment
Embankment
em·bank·ment
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a bank or a wall made from earth or stone, usually to hold back the flow of water and prevent flooding;
e.g. The river will overflow its embankment if it continues to rain this heavily.
(noun)
a raised bank, usually made of earth or stone, built to carry a railway or road across a low-lying area of land;
e.g. The car broke through the fence and fell off the embankment into the field by the side of the road.
(noun)
the action of building a bank or wall to confine/enclose something;
e.g. They began the embankment of the river the very next day.
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