embankmentPronunciation: /ɪmˈbaŋkm(ə)nt, ɛm-/Translate embankment | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of embankment noun a wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area: [in place names]:Chelsea Embankment a bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground: a railway embankmentembankment in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of embankment in the US English dictionary
