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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
Used in print (The New York Times,...)Arnold 's iron shot from the tee burrowed into the bunker guarding the green , an embankment that had become soft and spongy from the rains , thereby bringing local rules into force . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)On their right rose the embankment covered with brush and trees . Thus , stealthily they advanced upstream ; then they turned to the right , climbed the embankment , and walked into the valley again . |
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