ていぼう
Meanings
Noun
1. 洪水などの水害を防止し、土地を保護するために、河岸や海岸に土やコンクリートで高く築いた構築物。
Kanji used
embankment
prevent
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to construct an embankment
Examples (2 in total)
They strengthened the embankments to protect the village from flooding.
A bank was built to keep back the water of the river.