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

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.