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levee::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reception |
levee::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | embankment |
Examples of levee
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An estimated 130,000 acres were flooded in Missouri because of the levee breach.
From the stltoday.com
The holes in the levee are where explosives would be placed to breach the levee.
From the stltoday.com
The Bird's Point levee can be seen in the lower right where the two rivers meet.
From the sacbee.com
The idea was to hire people to watch the levee around the clock for $12 an hour.
From the omaha.com
The city is building a levee around the rest of the South Omaha sewage facility.
From the omaha.com
In New Orleans, the city's levee system failed and widespread flooding occurred.
From the cnn.com
The river eroded an earthen levee just east of the course more than a month ago.
From the chron.com
That, he added, explained why water poured over the levee and part of it failed.
From the usatoday.com
The work, expected to be finished today, should raise the levee about 18 inches.
From the thenewstribune.com
- A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
- A pier that provides a landing place on a river
- An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
- A levee, levu00E9e (/u02C8lu025Bvi/; French:u00A0), dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.
- The levu00E9e (from the French word lever, meaning "getting up" or "rising") has traditionally been a daily moment of intimacy and accessibility to a monarch or leader. It started out as a royal custom, but in America, it later came to refer to a reception by the Kingu2019s representatives and, even later, by the president.
- The levu00E9e is a New Year's Day social event hosted by the Governor General of Canada, the lieutenant governors, military establishments, municipalities and other institutions.
- The Levee is a former red-light district in Chicago, Illinois, located near the intersection of Cermak Road and Michigan Avenue in the city's Near South Side. It was formed in 1893, during the World's Columbian Exposition, but by 1930 the district had largely been demolished.
- An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field; A pier or other landing place on a river
- (Levees) A man-made barrier of constructed and compacted soil designed to keep floodwaters away from a building or structure.
