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Levee

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Main Entry: levee
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: embankment

Synonyms:

bank, breakwater, dam, earthwork, mound
Notes: a levee is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea, while a levy is a charge or tax imposed and collected
Main Entry: bank
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ground bounding waters

Synonyms:

beach, cay, cliff, coast, edge, embankment, lakefront, lakeshore, lakeside, ledge, levee, oceanfront, reef, riverfront, riverside, seabank, seaboard, seafront, shore, strand, streamside, waterfront
Main Entry: berth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: harbor; bunk

Synonyms:

anchorage, bed, bedroom, billet, compartment, cot, dock, hammock, haven, jetty, levee, pier, port, quay, slip, wharf
Main Entry: dam
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: embankment, wall

Synonyms:

bank, barrage, barrier, dike, ditch, gate, grade, hindrance, levee, milldam, millpond, obstruction, weir
Notes: a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell
Main Entry: dock
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: waterfront

Synonyms:

berth, embarkment, harbor, jetty, landing, landing pier, levee, lock, marina, pier, quay, slip, wharf
Main Entry: pier
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: support; place for boats

Synonyms:

berth, buttress, column, dam, dock, jetty, landing, levee, mole, pierage, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, post, promenade, quay, slip, upright, wharf
Main Entry: reception
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: celebratory party

Synonyms:

buffet, dinner, do*, entertainment, function, gathering, levee, matinee, soiree, supper, tea
Main Entry: wall
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction, divider

Synonyms:

bank, bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockade, bulwark, curb, dam, embankment, enclosure, facade, fence, fortification, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, levee, limitation, palisade, panel, paneling, parapet, partition, rampart, restriction, retainer, roadblock, screen, side, stockade, stop, surface
Main Entry: wharf
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boat storage

Synonyms:

berth, breakwater, dock, jetty, landing, landing stage, levee, pier, quay, slip
Main Entry: breakwater
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: jetty

Synonyms:

barrier, embankment, levee, pier, seawall, wharf
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