as in levee
a bank of earth constructed to control water
the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge
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Recent Examples of embankment
Volunteers worked together to wrangle the carts from the mud and carry them and full green trash bags up the steep embankment.
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Brittany Pierola Diaz, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Video shows a vehicle partially submerged in the ocean after being pushed off an embankment.
—Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Police said the snowmobile drove off the trail, down a steep embankment and struck multiple trees.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
The impact sent Ortiz’s Ford Edge down an embankment.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Pierola Diaz, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Video shows a vehicle partially submerged in the ocean after being pushed off an embankment.
—Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Police said the snowmobile drove off the trail, down a steep embankment and struck multiple trees.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
The impact sent Ortiz’s Ford Edge down an embankment.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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