embankment in the PONS Dictionary

embankment Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

railway embankment
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The tracks are on an embankment and access to the platforms is via an underpass beneath them.
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The main stadium contains a partially covered grandstand with 90 percent of the remaining perimeter formed as a raised grass embankment.
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The southeast embankment generally experiences significant surface runoff from snow-melt and rain.
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Her body was found on an embankment the following day.
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A cut is (in a sense) the opposite of an embankment.
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Embankments and cuttings were now a feature of the line as it headed towards its terminus.
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An embankment against the interior side provided a parapet.
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The wind caused the plane to veer off the runway, down a grass side embankment and through a fence.
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The middle part of the train toppled sideways down the embankment.
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In at least two places the embankments were breached and marooning occurred, inflicting massive losses of life and property.
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