Vocabulary

embankment

土(ど)塁(るい)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Rare

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun

a raised bank of earth or stones used for protection or support

防御(ぼうぎょ)や支(ささ)えのために土(ど)や石(いし)で盛(も)り上(あ)げた堤(つつみ)

Examples

  1. Soldiers built an embankment to protect the village.
  2. The embankment helped stop water from flooding the road.

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