embank

[ em-bangk ]

/ ɛmˈbæŋk /

verb (used with object)

to enclose or protect with an embankment.

Nearby words

Origin of embank

First recorded in 1640–50; em-¹ + bank¹

Related formsun·em·banked, adjective

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Examples from the Web for embank

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 Macaulay
If you were to embank Lincolnshire now,—more stoutly against the sea?
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy|John Ruskin
If 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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