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Synonyms for levee
ˈlɛv i, lɛˈvilev·ee
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Princeton's WordNet
leveenoun
a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
leveenoun
a pier that provides a landing place on a river
leveenoun
an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
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leveenoun
Synonyms:
time of risingleveenoun
Synonyms:
ceremonious party (properly in the morning), reception, entertainment, SOIRÉEleveenoun
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embankment (along a river to prevent inundation)
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Levee vs. Levy -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Levee and Levy.
How to use levee in a sentence?
All the levels we're expecting will be contained in the levee systems.
Last night we had a levy that was breaching. We evacuated Garland at 11 o'clock with 99 percent of the people leaving, if the levee had broken, 50,000 acres would flood in 30 minutes.
Most of the population of St. Bernard is within the new levee system, but you also have some communities outside the levee system where, if anything, the conditions appear to have gotten worse.
Apprehensive, a little bit scared, it continues to rise and I’m plugging holes in my levee and hoping that my fields don't flood…it’s a scary situation. I’m hoping for the best but it could be worse than I ever imagined.
When I think about how big of a deal this is, I think about the Led Zeppelin song 'When the Levee Breaks,' competition is going to get fierce. It forces everyone to get sharp and up their game.
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