embankment (n)

n03282060

type n
lex_filenum 06
def a long artificial mound of stone or earth
def built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Outgoing links
Hypernym mound, hill
Derivationally related form embankment → embank
Hyponym levee; rampart, bulwark, wall
Part meronym revetment, revetement, stone facing
Incoming links
Hypernym levee; rampart, bulwark, wall
Hyponym mound, hill
Part holonym revetment, revetement, stone facing
Derivationally related form embank → embankment

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