Term: embankment: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: scotch: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: midnight sun: the sun visible at midnight (inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circles)
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: sphaerobolaceae: monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: complication: a development that complicates a situation
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: pterosaur: an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: kiddy: a young child
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: isohel: an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: plastic laminate: a laminate made by bonding plastic layers
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: man-of-war: a warship intended for combat
Broader: mound: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Unrelated: gobio: true gudgeons