EMBANKMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a long artificial mound of stone or earth
   • built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
   Hypernyms(s) embankment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mound (what does mound mean?)
   • hill (what does hill mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rampart (what does rampart mean?)
   • bulwark (what does bulwark mean?)
   • wall (what does wall mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • embank (what does embank mean?)