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Word: levee
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Noun:
- A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
- An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
- A reception of visitors held after getting up.
- obsolete The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
- US A pier or other landing place on a river.
- US The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.
Source: Wiktionary
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