Associations to the word «Embank»
Noun
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Wiktionary
EMBANK, verb. To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone
Dictionary definition
EMBANK, verb. Enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.