embank Hear it!

embank definition

em·bank (em baŋk′, im-)

transitive verb

to protect, support, or enclose with a bank or banks of earth, rubble, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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