French Meaning of levee

Digue

Other French words related to Digue

Definitions and Meaning of levee in English

Wordnet

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

Webster

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.

Webster

levee (v. t.)

To attend the levee or levees of.

To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

FAQs About the word levee

Digue

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

barrage,remblai,Barrière,canal,digue,Fossé,Rempart,barrage,Barrage,barricade

No antonyms found.

leveche => Levant, leve => niveau, levator => Élévateur, levation => élévation, levantine => levant,