Associations to the word «Embankment»

Wiktionary

EMBANKMENT, noun. A long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road

Dictionary definition

EMBANKMENT, noun. A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King