Synonyms of the word

embankment

• n. a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a …

hill

• n. An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
• n. A sloping road.
• n. (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
• n. (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about…
• n. (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
• v. To form into a heap or mound.
• v. To heap or draw earth around plants.

mound

• n. (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
• n. (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
• n. (obsolete) A helmet.
• n. (obsolete) Might; size.
• n. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark;…
• n. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
• n. (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
• n. A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands,…
• n. (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
• v. (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
• v. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.