embank

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From en- +‎ bank.

Verb

embank (third-person singular simple present embanks, present participle embanking, simple past and past participle embanked)

  1. to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone

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