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noun
- 1. a formal reception of visitors or guests: "the great stop on the Washington social circuit was the diplomat's levee"
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The meaning of LEVEE is a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed. How to use levee in a sentence.
LEVEE definition: 1. a wall made of soil or other materials that is built next to a river to stop the river from…. Learn more.
A levee ( / ˈlɛvi / or / ˈlɛveɪ / ), [1] dike ( American English ), dyke ( Commonwealth English ), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.
a wall made of land or other materials that is built to stop a river from overflowing (= flowing over its edges): Much of the city was under water after floods broke levees and forced the evacuation of 50,000 people. (Definition of levee from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of levee. levee.
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.
Definition of levee noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
levee in British English. (ˈlɛvɪ ) noun US. 1. an embankment alongside a river, produced naturally by sedimentation or artificially constructed to prevent flooding. 2. an embankment that surrounds a field that is to be irrigated. 3. a landing place on a river; quay.
A levee is an embankment, like a dam, constructed to prevent the overflow of a body of water. It can also mean a formal reception. How do these two words relate?
LEVEE definition: a wall made of earth or other materials that is built next to a river to stop the river from…. Learn more.
Verb. Filter. noun. An embankment built alongside a river to prevent high water from flooding bordering land. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A low ridge of earth around a field to be irrigated. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A landing place, as a pier, on the bank of a river. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
