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Noun embankment has 1 sense
  1. embankment - a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
    --1 is a kind of     mound, hill
    --1 has parts: revetment, revetement, stone facing
    --1 has particulars: rampart, bulwark, wall
    Derived form: verb embank1
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