levee

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
  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

Etymology

From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).

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