1
: a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
2
: an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men
3
: a reception usually in honor of a particular person
the years of levees and parades and other suave peacetime occasions—
Gladys B. Stern
Gladys B. Stern1
a
: an embankment for preventing flooding
b
: a river landing place : pier
2
: a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded
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Examples of levee in a Sentence
Noun (2)
the raging floodwaters were too much for the levee to handle
we tied the boat up at the levee and started unloading the fish we had caught
Recent Examples on the WebIan James, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Getting their land back The 77 acres is located in Wilton, stretching down from Rancheria Road to the levee river and through Green Road.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
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Noun
Advertisement Opponents of the tunnel project have argued the state should instead invest in other approaches in the delta, such as shoring up levees and restoring natural floodplains to reduce flood risks, while changing water management to protect the estuary’s health.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Getting their land back The 77 acres is located in Wilton, stretching down from Rancheria Road to the levee river and through Green Road.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
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“Levee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/levee. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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