The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ESCARP , but the solution may also be LEVEE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Protective embankment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ESCARP | 60 % | 6 |
| LEVEE | 20 % | 5 |
| SCARP | 13 % | 5 |
| DIKE | 7 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Protective embankment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- escarp
- escarpment
- scarp
- embankments
- protective cover
- fortifications
- retaining wall
- protection
- protecting
- stone wall
- guardrail
- guard rail
Crossword Answer definitions
ESCARP noun- The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp.
- To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ESCARP
- Steep slope
- Cut into a slope (var.)
- Protective slope
- Protective embankment
- Moat wall
- Deep declivity.
- Steep slope.
- Steep slope or cliff.
- Declivity.
- Slope.
More clues leading to the result LEVEE
- Mississippi River sight
- It was dry in "American Pie"
- River pier
- River embankment
- Dike
- Bank protection
- Water board?
- Landing place
- Flood protection
- Embankment
More clues leading to the result SCARP
- Steep cliff
- Plateau cliff
- Steep slope
- Base of a mesa
- Line of cliffs
- Cliff
- Protective embankment
- Bluff
- It's a bluff
- Precipice