PROTECTIVE EMBANKMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
   Synonym(s)
   • escarp (what does escarp mean?)
   • escarpment (what does escarpment mean?)
   • scarp (what does scarp mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) protective embankment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fortification (what does fortification mean?)
   • munition (what does munition mean?)