levee

1 of 3

noun (1)

le·vee ˈle-vē How to pronounce levee (audio)

lə-ˈvē,

-ˈvā

: a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed

: an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men

: a reception usually in honor of a particular person

the years of levees and parades and other suave peacetime occasions

Gladys B. Stern

levee

2 of 3

noun (2)

lev·ee ˈle-vē How to pronounce levee (audio)

: an embankment for preventing flooding

: a river landing place : pier

: a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded

levee

3 of 3

verb

lev·ee ˈle-vē How to pronounce levee (audio)

leveed; leveeing

transitive verb

: to provide with a levee

levees

noun

plural of levee

as in dams

a bank of earth constructed to control water the raging floodwaters were too much for the levee to handle

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

dams
embankments
dikes
canals
ramparts
barriers
barricades
ditches
seawalls
locks
breakwaters
weirs
jetties
heads
gutters
channels
earthworks
breastworks
bulwarks
troughs
blocks
sluices
barrages
floodgates
stanks
milldams

as in wharves

a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers we tied the boat up at the levee and started unloading the fish we had caught

Synonyms & Similar Words

wharves
piers
docks
wharfs
quays
jetties
landings
floats
quais
moorings
marinas
shipyards
berths
dockyards
embarcaderos
slips
wharfages
quayages

单词	levees
释义	levee 1 of 3 noun (1) le·vee ˈle-vē lə-ˈvē, -ˈvā 1 : a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed 2 : an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men 3 : a reception usually in honor of a particular person the years of levees and parades and other suave peacetime occasions Gladys B. Stern levee 2 of 3 noun (2) lev·ee ˈle-vē 1 a : an embankment for preventing flooding b : a river landing place : pier 2 : a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded levee 3 of 3 verb lev·ee ˈle-vē leveed; leveeing transitive verb : to provide with a levee Synonyms Noun (2) dam dike embankment head See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Noun (1) French lever, from Middle French, act of arising, from (se) lever to rise Noun (2) French levée, from Old French, act of raising, from lever to raise — more at lever First Known Use Noun (1) 1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (2) circa 1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 1832, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition levee noun le·vee ˈle-vē : a bank built along a river to prevent flooding levees noun plural of levee 1 as in dams a bank of earth constructed to control water the raging floodwaters were too much for the levee to handle Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dams embankments dikes canals ramparts barriers barricades ditches seawalls locks breakwaters weirs jetties heads gutters channels earthworks breastworks bulwarks troughs blocks sluices barrages floodgates stanks milldams 2 as in wharves a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers we tied the boat up at the levee and started unloading the fish we had caught Synonyms & Similar Words wharves piers docks wharfs quays jetties landings floats quais moorings marinas shipyards berths dockyards embarcaderos slips wharfages quayages
随便看	offhandedness offhandednesses offhander offhandest office office boy office copy office found office girl office hours office lawyer office lock office machine office of arms office park office politics office premium office seeker office-bearer office-block ballot office-group ballot officeholder officeholders officeless officer

levee

noun (1)

noun (2)

verb

Synonyms

Word History

Kids Definition

noun

noun