Definition of Levee
an embankment built to stop a waterway from flooding
Examples of Levee in a sentence
Rushing water broke the levee, flowing over the embankment and flooding the land that the wall was supposed to protect. 🔊
A levee was created out of dirt and sandbags to keep creeping water from the Mississippi from flooding the fields. 🔊
The tall levee wall served as a protector and kept the strong waves from eroding away much of the coastland. 🔊
Inspecting the levee, government officials checked to see if the embankment was strong enough to hold the swelling river. 🔊
A levee breach meant that over 10,000 homes were at risk of being flooded by the Missouri River. 🔊
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