levee

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noun

1. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
• Hypernyms:
reception
2. a pier that provides a landing place on a river
• Hypernyms:
pier, wharf, wharfage, dock
3. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
• Hypernyms:
embankment