English-Thai Dictionary

embankment

N การ สร้าง เขื่อน กั้น  kan-sang-kuean-kan

 

embankment

N เขื่อน  ทำนบ  bulwark dam dike kuean

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMBANKMENT

EMBANKMENT Em *bank "ment, n.

 

1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

 

2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc. , raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

embankment

em bank ment |emˈbaNGkmənt əmˈbæŋkmənt | ▶noun a wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area. • a bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railroad over an area of low ground.

 

Oxford Dictionary

embankment

em ¦bank |ment |ɪmˈbaŋkm (ə )nt, ɛm- | ▶noun a wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area. • a bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

embankment

embankment noun a steep grassy embankment: bank, mound, ridge, earthwork, causeway, barrier, levee, dam, dike.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

embankment

embankment noun a steep grassy embankment: bank, mound, ridge, earthwork, causeway, barrier, levee, dam, dyke; slope, verge.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

embankment

em bank ment /ɪmbǽŋkmənt /名詞 1 C (鉄道 道路用 洪水防止用の )土手, 堤防 ; U 堤防 [土手 ]を築くこと .2 〖the E- 〗エンバンクメント 〘LondonのThames川北岸沿いの道 〙; (地下鉄の )エンバンクメント駅 .