REVETMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revetment mean? 

• REVETMENT (noun)
  The noun REVETMENT has 2 senses:

1. a barrier against explosives

2. a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

  Familiarity information: REVETMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVETMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A barrier against explosives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("revetment" is a kind of...):

barrier (a structure or object that impedes free movement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

revetement; revetment; stone facing

Hypernyms ("revetment" is a kind of...):

cladding; facing (a protective covering that protects the outside of a building)

Holonyms ("revetment" is a part of...):

embankment (a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection)

Derivation:

revet (face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain)

revet (construct a revetment)