embank

American

[em-bangk] / ɛmˈbæŋk /

verb (used with object)

to enclose or protect with an embankment.

embank British

/ ɪmˈbæŋk /

verb

(tr) to protect, enclose, or confine (a waterway, road, etc) with an embankment

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

unembanked

adjective

Etymology

Origin of embank

First recorded in 1640–50; em- ¹ + bank ¹

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