embankment

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noun

a long artificial mound of stone or earth;
built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection (Freq. 5)
• Derivationally related forms:
embank
• Hypernyms:
mound, hill
• Hyponyms:
levee, rampart, bulwark, wall
• Part Meronyms:
revetment, revetement, stone facing