Hyphenation of embankment

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word embankment? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

em-bank-ment

Definitions of embankment:

1.	A long artificial mound of stone or earth Built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

Synonyms of embankment:

noun	mound, hill

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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