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Definition of Levee
1. Noun. A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court).
Generic synonyms: Reception
2. Noun. A pier that provides a landing place on a river.
3. Noun. An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing.
Generic synonyms: Embankment
Definition of Levee
1. n. The act of rising.
2. v. t. To attend the levee or levees of.
3. n. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
4. v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
Definition of Levee
1. to provide with an embankment [v LEVEED, LEVEEING, LEVEES]
Medical Definition of Levee
1. A natural or manmade feature of the landscape that restricts movement of water into or through an area. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levee
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