1) Aid in flood control 2) American Pie destination 3) American Pie embankment 4) Anti-flood structure 5) Anti-flooding device 6) Anti-flooding embankment 7) Artificial embankment 8) Bad thing to be breached 9) Bank 10) Bank built for a rainy day 11) Bank construction 12) Bank insurance 13) Bank manager
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1) Assemblage 2) Bank 3) Dam 4) Dike 5) Dyke 6) Milldam 7) Weir
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• (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president`s levee. • (n.) The act of rising. • (v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of. • (n.) An...
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any low ridge or earthen embankment built along the edges of a stream or river channel to prevent flooding of the adjacent land. Artificial levees ... [4 related articles]
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A natural or manmade feature of the landscape that restricts movement of water into or through an area. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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An embankment constructed to prevent a river from overflowing (flooding).
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A protective barrier built along the banks of a stream to prevent flooding. See also natural levee.
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A long continuous ridge built by people along the banks of a stream to contain the water during time
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an embankment along the shore of a river, built for protection against floods; a natural levee is an embankment built by deposits of river sediment left during extraordinarily high floods; like artificial levees, these deposits restrain more typical floods
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Lev'ee (lĕv'e;
often lĕv*ē' in U. S.)
noun [ French
lever , from
lever to raise,
se lever to rise. See
Lever ,
noun ]
1. The act of rising. ' The sun's
levee .'
Gray. 2. A morning assembl...
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Lev'ee noun [ French
levée , from
lever to raise. See
Lever , and confer
Levy .] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the
levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [ U. S.]
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Lev'ee transitive verb To attend the levee or levees of. « He
levees all the great.»
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formal reception/embankmentÂ
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Ridge of coarse deposits found alongside the stream channels and elevated above the floodplain. Forms from the deposition of sediment during floods.
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In geography, a levee is an embankment along the course of a river. Natural levees are low banks that are produced by the river during floods, when the overflowing of the river decreases the speed of the water and permits the deposit of silt. Artificial levees are considerably higher than natural ones and are built in order to protect the surroundi...
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An alluvial bank built up on either side of a river.
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A low ridge along a stream bank, formed by deposits left when floodwater decelerates on leaving the channel; also an artificial barrier to floods built in the same form.
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(French: lever to rise; levée risen up) a natural or manmade embankment along a river or canal.
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An embankment, continuous dike or ridge.
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(1) An EMBANKMENT to prevent inundation. (2) (SMP) A large DIKE or EMBANKMENT, often having an access road along the top, which is designed as part of a system to protect land from floods.
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noun an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
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Naturally formed raised bank along the side of a river channel. When a river overflows its banks, the rate of flow is less than that in the channel, and silt is deposited on the banks. With each successive flood the levee increases in height so that eventually the river may be above the surface of th...
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a natural or manmade earthen barrier along the edge of a stream, lake, or river. Land alongside rivers can be protected from flooding by levees.
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[SAT terms] an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
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an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
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