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Word | Levee |
Gujarati Meaning | ઔપચારિક સ્વાગત સમારંભ વખતે મહેમાનોનો મેળાવડો, રાજાનો દરબાર, લેવી (જેમાં કેવળ પુરુષોને જ આમંત્રણ હોય છે), લેવી, તટબંધ |
a barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea / a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) / The act of rising. / earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding / an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river. / a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed / an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men / a reception usually in honor of a particular person / a: an embankment for preventing flooding b: a river landing place : pier / a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded / to provide with a levee, | |
Usage | ⇒ The banks here need a levee ⇒ As the river rose and threatened to overflow the levee, emergency workers rushed to reinforce the walls with sandbags. ⇒ Construction of levees and embankments prevents the floodplain from performing this function and transfers the problem further downstream to areas which were not subject to flooding. |
Synonyms | dam, dock, dike, jetty, pier, quay, bank, berth, reception, breakwater, dyke, embankment, obstruction, block, party, slip, wall, weir, wharf, assembly, |
Antonyms | basin, accommodate, |
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