embank
[ em-bangk ]
verb (used with object)
to enclose or protect with an embankment.
Origin of embank
1Other words from embank
- un·em·banked, adjective
Words Nearby embank
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How to use embank in a sentence
A few attempts had been made to deepen and embank the natural streams, but with slender success.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIf you were to embank Lincolnshire now,—more stoutly against the sea?
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy | John RuskinIf you were to embank Lincolnshire more stoutly against the sea?
The Crown of Wild Olive | John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for embank
embank
/ (ɪmˈbæŋk) /
verb
(tr) to protect, enclose, or confine (a waterway, road, etc) with an embankment
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