embank

The word “embank” has 2 syllables: em-bank

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈbæŋk/

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In the thesaurus, “embank” has 20 synonyms.

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Synonyms for embank

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

Workers began to embank the river to prevent flooding during the heavy rains.
The crew had to embank the construction site to ensure the safety of workers.
They decided to embank the area along the road to protect it from erosion.
The engineers worked diligently to embank the hillside before the storm hit.
In order to control the flow of water, they had to embank the riverbank with large stones.

On this page you'll find 20 synonyms or another words to embank, such as: accumulate, amass, assemble, bank, bunch, bundle, clump.

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