Assertion: levee | /r/HasProperty | embankment
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text: A levee is an embankment that helps protect the land from a floodplain.
text: As nouns the difference between levee and dyke is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while dyke is or dyke can be (slang|pejorative) a lesbian, particularly one who appears macho or acts in a macho manner this word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering (see usage notes).
text: As nouns the difference between levee and levy is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while levy is the act of levying or levy can be (us|obsolete|pennsylvania|maryland|virginia)
text: As nouns the difference between floodwall and levee is that floodwall is a man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
text: As nouns the difference between levee and dike is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while dike is (british) the northern english form of ditch.
text: As nouns the difference between bank and levee is that bank is an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs or bank can be (hydrology) an edge of river, lake, or other watercourse or bank can be a row or panel of items stored or grouped together while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
text: As nouns the difference between levee and jetty is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while jetty is a structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
text: As nouns the difference between channel and levee is that channel is the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks or channel can be (nautical) the wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
text: Levees are embankments whose primary purpose is to furnish flood protection from seasonal high water so they are subject to water loading for only few days or weeks during the year.