Canadian English Meaning of levee
Levee
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Definitions and Meaning of levee in English
levee (n)
a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
a pier that provides a landing place on a river
an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
levee (n.)
The act of rising.
A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
levee (v. t.)
To attend the levee or levees of.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
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Levee
a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court), a pier that provides a landing place on a river, an embankment that is built in order to prevent
dam,embankment,Barrier,canal,dike,Ditch,Rampart,weir,Barrage,barricade
No antonyms found.
leveche => Levante, leve => level, levator => Levator, levation => elevation, levantine => Levantine,
