Definition of levees Levees
/lɛˈviz/ - [leveez] -
We found 3 definitions of levees from 2 different sources.
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What does levees mean?
Wiktionary 
- levees (Noun)
Plural of levee.
Part of speech
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| levee - an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing | ||
| levee - a pier that provides a landing place on a river | ||
| levee - a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) |
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Wiktionary
- levee (Noun)
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. - levee (Noun)
The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field. - levee (Noun)
A pier or other landing place on a river. - levee (Noun)
The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. - levee (Noun)
A reception of visitors held after getting up. - levee (Noun)
A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders. - levee (Verb)
To keep within a channel by means of levees. - levee (Verb)
To attend the levee or levees of.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- levee (n.)
The act of rising. - levee (n.)
A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee. - levee (v. t.)
To attend the levee or levees of. - levee (n.)
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. - levee (v. t.)
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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levee
An artificial wall, embankment, ridge, or mound, usually of earth or rock fill, built around a relatively flat, low-lying area to protect it from flooding.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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levee
lev′ā, lev′ē, le-vē′, n. a morning assembly of visitors: an assembly received by a sovereign or other great personage.—v.t. to attend the levee of. [Fr. lever, to rise.] -
levee
le-vē′, n. an artificial bank, as that of the Lower Mississippi: a quay. [Fr.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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levee
A French word for a mole or causeway, adopted of late for river embankments of magnitude, as those of the Po, the Thames, and the Mississippi.
Wikipedia 
- A levee, levée (from the feminine past participle of the French verb "lever", "to raise"), floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope or wall, usually earthen and often parallels the course of a river. Linguists agree that the term "levee" came into English use in New Orleans circa 1672. It is known in Europe as a dike.
