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Definitions for Levee

[1] an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
[2] Geology . natural levee.
[3] Agriculture . one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.
[4] History/Historical . a landing place for ships; quay.
[5] to furnish with a levee: to levee a treacherous stream.
[6] (in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.
[7] a reception, usually in someone's honor: a presidential levee at the White House.
[8] History/Historical . a reception of visitors held on rising from bed, as formerly by a royal or other personage.
[9] an embankment alongside a river, produced naturally by sedimentation or constructed by man to prevent flooding
[10] an embankment that surrounds a field that is to be irrigated
[11] a landing place on a river; quay
[12] a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed
[13] (in Britain) a public court reception for men, held in the early afternoon

Words related to Levee

dam, breakwater, mound, bank, earthwork

Words nearby Levee

levant wormseed, levanter, levantine, levarterenol, levator, levee, level, level best, level compensator, level crossing, level descriptor

Origin of Levee

21665–75; < French levé, variant spelling of lever rising (noun use of infinitive) < Latin levāre to raise; see levee1

Words that may be confused with Levee

levee, levy

Word origin for Levee

C17: from French, variant of lever a rising, from Latin levāre to raise

Synonyms for Levee

dam, bank, breakwater, earthwork, mound