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levee
1[ lev-ee ]
noun
- an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
- Geology. natural levee.
- Agriculture. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.
- History/Historical. a landing place for ships; quay.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a levee:
to levee a treacherous stream.
levee
2[ lev-ee, le-vee ]
noun
- (in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.
- a reception, usually in someone's honor:
a presidential levee at the White House.
- History/Historical. a reception of visitors held on rising from bed, as formerly by a royal or other personage.
levee
1/ ˈlɛvɪ; ˈlɛveɪ /
noun
- a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed
- (in Britain) a public court reception for men, held in the early afternoon
levee
2/ ˈlɛvɪ /
noun
- an embankment alongside a river, produced naturally by sedimentation or constructed by man to prevent flooding
- an embankment that surrounds a field that is to be irrigated
- a landing place on a river; quay
levee
/ lĕv′ē /
- A long ridge of sand, silt, and clay built up by a river along its banks, especially during floods.
- An artificial embankment along a rivercourse or an arm of the sea, built to protect adjoining land from inundation.
Word History and Origins
Origin of levee1
Word History and Origins
Origin of levee1
Origin of levee2
Example Sentences
A Jan. 22 storm filled a north levee near the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant with more than 1,100 tons of debris.
Enclosed in levees, the shallow forebay is filled with nonnative striped bass and other predators, which feed on juvenile salmon, steelhead trout and other native fish.
The study’s findings do not bode well for a state whose flood infrastructure was severely strained last year, when a train of atmospheric rivers breached numerous levees, flooded communities and re-filled once dry Tulare Lake.
The levees that protect Corcoran from flooding have had to be raised twice in the last decade, including last year, when the long-dry Tulare Lake reappeared on thousands of acres of farmland.
In Atlanta, he said, Black fans couldn’t buy tickets and were forced to watch Robinson play from a levee behind the right field fence.
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