levee
IPA: ɫˈɛvi
noun
- An elevated geographical feature.
- An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
- (US) The steep bank of a river.
- (US) The border of an irrigated field.
- (US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
- (obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
- A reception of visitors held after getting up.
- A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
verb
- (US, transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
- (transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.
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Examples of "levee" in Sentences
- The path lies in the flood plain between the river and levee.
- A small memorial stands at the location of the levee failure.
- The levee broke and Whitewater Creek overflowed into the town.
- Overland flow to the levee will be disposed of through culverts.
- The levee protects the town from being flooded by the two rivers.
- The city flooded due primarily to the failure of the levee system.
- On the back side of the canal the levee and floodwall can be seen.
- The freight house was built on the levee near the Mississippi River.
- Much of the flooding was due to the failure of the city's levee system.
- The theater flooded in the Hurricane Katrina levee failure disaster of 2005.
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