embankment
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embankment |
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L, abutment, anchorage,
anchorage ground, anthill, arc-boutant, arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain,
bank, bar, barrage, barrier, basin, beach, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berm, berth, boom, branch, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress,
buttress pier, buttressing, cable railway, coast, coastland, coastline, cock,
cofferdam, cog railway, dam, defense, dike, ditch, dock, dockage, dockyard,
drift, dry dock, dune, earthwork, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, feeder, feeder line, fence, flying buttress,
foreshore, gate, gravity-operated railway, gravity dam, groin, hanging buttress, harbor, harborage, haven, haycock,
haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, horse railway, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, ironbound coast, jam, jetty, junction, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, leaping weir, levee, lido, light railroad, line, littoral, logjam, main line, marina, metro, milldam, moat, mole, molehill,
monorail, moorings, mound,
mow, parapet, pier, pier buttress, pile, plage, playa, port, portcullis, protected anchorage, pyramid, quay, rack-and-pinion railway, rack railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, rampart, retaining wall, rick, riverside, riviera,
road, roadbed, roadblock, roads, roadstead, roadway,
rock-fill dam, rockbound coast, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seaport, seashore, seaside, seawall,
shingle, shipyard, shore, shoreline, shoulder, shutter dam,
sidetrack, siding, slip, snowdrift, stack, stone wall, strand, street railway, streetcar line, submerged coast, subway, switchback, terminal, terminus, tidewater, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, wall, waterfront, waterside, weir, wharf, wicket dam, work
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Main entries similar to: embankment
anchorage, anthill, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier,
basin, beach, beam, berm, berth, boom, branch, breakwater,
breastwork, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress, coast, cock, dam,
defense, dike, ditch, dock, dockage, dockyard, drift, dry dock,
dune, earthwork, el, elevated, feeder, fence, gate, groin,
harbor, haven, haystack, heap, hill, iron curtain, jam, jetty,
junction, jutty, L, landing, levee, lido, line, littoral,
logjam, main line, marina, metro, moat, mole, molehill, monorail,
mooring, mound, mow, parapet, pier, pile, plage, playa, port, pyramid, quay,
rail, railroad, railway, rampart, retaining wall, rick, riverside, riviera, road, roadbed, roadblock, roadway, rockbound coast, seacoast, seaport, seashore, seaside, seawall, shingle, shipyard, shore, shoulder, sidetrack, siding, slip, snowdrift, stack, stone wall, strand, streetcar line, subway, switchback, terminal, terminus, tidewater, track, tram, trestle,
trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, wall, waterfront, weir,
wharf, work
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