Associations to the word «Levee»
Noun
- Engineer
- Deposition
- Wilkes
- Tonight
- Blues
- Protection
- Cypress
- Bulge
- Plantation
- Construct
- Freight
- Weir
- Widening
- Spike
- Reservoir
- Landfall
- Mound
- Gulf
- Flow
- Rainfall
- Rosenthal
- Bank
- Bonnet
- Gravel
- Watershed
- Riff
- Crowding
- Rebuilding
- Landfill
- Storm
- Construction
- Poplar
- Drain
- Expanse
- Crest
- Promenade
- Water
- Arkansas
- Tops
- Burrow
- Prostitution
- Jefferson
- Moan
- Bonaparte
- Filling
- Slope
- Disaster
- Acre
- Outlet
- Tide
- Dune
- Collapse
- Bend
- Repair
- Creek
- Chesterfield
- Aftermath
- Tributary
- Damage
- Lumber
- Throng
- Navigation
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
LEVEE, noun. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
LEVEE, noun. (US) The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.
LEVEE, noun. (US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
LEVEE, verb. (US) (transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
LEVEE, noun. (obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
LEVEE, noun. A reception of visitors held after getting up.
LEVEE, noun. A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
LEVEE, verb. (transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.
Dictionary definition
LEVEE, noun. A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court).
LEVEE, noun. A pier that provides a landing place on a river.
LEVEE, noun. An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing.
Wise words
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size when they are brought out.