noun
Freq #30150
Meanings
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noun
a long raised bank of earth, stone, or other material built to hold back water or support a road or railway
The railway crosses the marsh on a high embankment.
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Etymology
Formed in English from embank, 'to enclose or support with a bank,' plus -ment. Bank here is the raised-land sense rather than the financial one.