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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche