See embankment on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "penger"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "penkka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chaussée"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Böschung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bahndamm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dammschüttung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Eindeichung"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prókhōsis",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πρόχωσις"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "argine"
},
{
"alt": "ていぼう,teibō",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "堤防"
},
{
"alt": "もりど",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "morido",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "盛土"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "tarundung"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bangjoje",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "방조제"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ciṟa",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "ചിറ"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cleih"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "oneone"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "maioro (for fortification)"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "parepare"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "or",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "اور"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nasyp"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wał"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dique"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "terasament"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "náberežnaja",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "на́бережная"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "násypʹ",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "на́сыпь"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zagat"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terraplén"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "fördämning"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "pimpin"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "köterme",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"word": "كۆتەرمە"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terajo"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "àrzare"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "àrxen"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "àrđen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "artificial mound of earth and stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clawdd"
}
],
"word": "embankment"
}
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