embankmentem‧bank‧ment /ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/ noun [countable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Cheek said one driver had lost control of his car and spun out, rolling down an embankment, but was unhurt.
- Hawthorn and oak had colonised the same embankment.
- He reassured the trapped deputies and climbed up the briar-covered embankment to get help.
- He went back down the embankment with him, telling Catherine to stay where she was and help with photographing the track.
- On a barbed-wire fence dividing the railway embankment from the meadow a lamb was caught.
- The grassed oval arena, with its high embankment against a background of slender trees, should be visited.
- The kilometre long cutting emerges on to a longer embankment with extensive views over the Tame valley and back towards West Bromwich.
- We paddled under a single track embankment linking North Uist with Benbecula, exchanging waves with the friendly local driving overhead.
WORD SETS► Construction
Collocationsadobe, nounasphalt, nounbatten, nounbeam, nounblueprint, nounboard, nounboom, nounbreeze-block, nounbrick, nounbricklayer, nounbrickwork, nounbucket, nounbuilder, nounbuilding contractor, nounbuilding site, nounbulldoze, verbbulldozer, nounbuttress, nouncaisson, nouncantilever, nouncastellated, adjectivecavity wall, nouncement, nouncement, verbconcrete, adjectiveconcrete, nounconcrete, verbconduit, nounconstruct, verbcrane, nouncrosspiece, noundaub, noundigger, noundowel, noundrain, noundrainage, noundraughtsman, noundry-stone wall, noundry wall, nounduckboards, noundustsheet, nounembankment, nounerect, verberection, nounfence, verbfencing, nounfiberboard, nounfibreboard, nounfloor plan, nounfoundation, noungantry, noungatepost, noungirder, noungreenfield site, nounhalf-timbered, adjectivehard hat, nounhod, nounhousing association, nounhousing project, nounjackhammer, nounjib, nounjoist, nounkeystone, nounlath, nounleading, nounmansard, nounmortar, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpave, verbpavement, nounpebbledash, nounpier, nounpile driver, nounplank, nounplanking, nounplaster, nounplaster, verbplasterboard, nounplasterer, nounplate glass, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounprime, verbprimer, nounproperty developer, nounputty, nounquantity surveyor, nounrebuild, verbreconstruct, verbreconstruction, nounrefurbish, verbreinforced concrete, nounrendering, nounrenovate, verbrevetment, nounroof, nounroof, verbroofing, nounrooftop, nounrubble, nounsand, verbsandstone, nounsaw, verbscaffold, nounscaffolding, nounshovel, nounsite, nounskip, nounslab, nounslate, nounspan, verbstarter home, nounsteam shovel, nounstilt, nounstucco, nounsurface, verbsuspension bridge, nounthatch, nounthatched, adjectivetile, nountile, verbtiling, nountimber, nountopcoat, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► railway
a wide wall of earth or stones built to stop water from flooding an area, or to support a road or railway· The creamy yellow flowers grew in profusion on the slopes of an old railway embankment.· Sniffing alone or in dangerous places, such as railway embankments and by canals, can be more risky.· On a barbed-wire fence dividing the railway embankment from the meadow a lamb was caught.· On his way drunkenly from the pub to the wood one night he fell down a railway embankment on to the line.· Emotions have been running high in the community since James's body was found on a railway embankment.· Back at the car, the two tarts still slouched against the wall next to the railway embankment.· His mutilated body was found on a railway embankment in Walton last Sunday.· Playing on the railway embankment was well beyond that tolerance.