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noun
- Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification
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noun
- A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
- Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.
adjective
- Flowing out; outflowing.
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verb to embank
- To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
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noun - a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road
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noun - The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
- A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
- An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
- The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
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noun
- A person who excavates
- A curette used to scrape out pathological material
- A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe
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