Associations to the word «Embank»

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

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