embanking
The word “embanking” has 3 syllables: em-bank-ing
It's pronounced as /ɪmˈbæŋkɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for embanking?
In the thesaurus, “embanking” has 20 synonyms.
Here are synonyms for embanking along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for embanking
- accumulating
- amassing
- assembling
- banking
- bunching
- bundling
- clumping
- collecting
- conglomerating
- gathering
- grouping
- heaping
- hilling
- lumping
- massing
- mounding
- piling
- pyramiding
- stacking
- wadding
Meanings of embanking
- verb
- To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
Example Sentences
- The workers spent the entire day embanking the river to prevent potential flooding.
- Engineers are embanking the coastline to protect it from further erosion.
- The city started embanking the reservoir to reinforce the banks against future storms.
- They are embanking the construction site to ensure the area remains dry during the rainy season.
- The government invested heavily in embanking areas prone to flooding in order to protect the farmland.
On this page you'll find 20 synonyms or another words to embanking, such as: accumulating, amassing, assembling, banking, bunching, bundling, clumping.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
banking
- accumulating
- amassing
- assembling
- bunching
- bundling
- caching
- clumping
- collecting
- conglomerating
- depositing
- embanking
- funding
- gathering
- grouping
- heaping
- hilling
- hoarding
- investing
- investment
- laying away
- lumping
- massing
- money dealing
- moneylending
- mounding
- piling
- pyramiding
- reserving
- salting away
- saving
- stacking
- stashing
- storing
- stowing
- wadding