Word: levee
Category: levee
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Synonyms: levee
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Translations: levee
The meaning and "use of": levee
- an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river. - Construction of levees and embankments prevents the floodplain from performing this function and transfers the problem further downstream to areas which were not subject to flooding.
- a reception or assembly of people, in particular. - An hour and 45 minutes into the mayor's levee , the queue is still over an hour long.
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