| slovo | definícia |
embankment
(mass) | embankment
- nábrežie, hrádza |
embankment
(encz) | embankment,nábřeží n: |
embankment
(encz) | embankment,navážka [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
Embankment
(gcide) | Embankment \Em*bank"ment\, n.
1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
[1913 Webster]
2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent
water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain
water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
embankment
(wn) | embankment
n 1: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold
back water or to support a road or as protection |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
protective embankment
(encz) | protective embankment, n: |
Embankment
(gcide) | Embankment \Em*bank"ment\, n.
1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
[1913 Webster]
2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent
water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain
water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
protective embankment
(wn) | protective embankment
n 1: a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn:
escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment] |
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