Levee vs Sandbar - What's the difference?
levee | sandbar |
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
(US) The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.
(US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
(US) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
(obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
* Gray
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 414:
A reception of visitors held after getting up.
A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
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To attend the levee or levees of.
* Young
As nouns the difference between levee and sandbar
is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while sandbar is a ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.As a verb levee
is (us|transitive) to keep within a channel by means of levees or levee can be to attend the levee or levees of.levee
English
(wikipedia levee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (embankment) dike, floodwallVerb
- to levee a river
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the sun's levee
- The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow-labourer the ox
citation, isbn=9780689121685 , page=195 , passage=At the King's levee on the morning of the 13th, Philippe was first ignored; then asked by His Majesty (rudely) what he wanted; then told, ‘Get back where you came from.’ }}
Verb
- He levees all the great.
