Earthwork

What do we mean by earthwork?

An earthen embankment, especially one used as a fortification. synonym: bulwark. noun

Excavation and embankment of earth. noun

A work of art made by altering an area of land or a natural geographic feature, especially on a large scale. noun

In engineering, any operation in which earth is removed or thrown up, as in cuttings, embankments, etc. noun

In fortification, any offensive or defensive construction formed chiefly of earth: commonly in the plural. noun

Any similar construction, as the ancient mounds of earth found in various parts of the United States, of unknown use and origin. They differ widely in form, but are always well defined in plan, and sometimes inclose large areas. noun

Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth. noun

The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc. noun

An embankment or construction made of earth. noun

Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification noun

An earthen rampart noun

Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.

Words that are spelled similarly to earthwork:
earthwork, earthworm, earthfork, artwork, lathwork, earthborn, earthworks, earthward, earthworms, part work, earth worm.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word earthwork:
trendle, motte, mounds, offa, adena, bulwark, ditch, rampart, mound, ramparts, enclosure, ditches, dyke, palisade, fortification, mercia, moat, redoubt, earthen, hilltop, embankment, bailey, excavated, ravine, habitation, neolithic, domesday, dug, turf, archaic, masonry, ceremonial, excavation, castle, prehistoric, barrow, spiral, fort, remains, woodland, turret, fortress, burial, medieval, monument, cubic, bluff, batteries, battery, fortified, diameter, monuments, overlooking, enclosed, archaeological, metres, circa, newark, constructed, circular, timber, walls, uncertain, visible, romans, rectangular, terrace, pottery, manor, somerset, artifacts, concrete, hill, archaeology, surrounded, cannon, feet, boundary, iron, norman, runway, barracks, mississippi, scheduled, alexandria, confederate, defensive, situated, aerial, dating, devon, peoples, erected, graves, celtic, site, ruins, built, grave, linear.

Words that rhyme with earthwork:
work, network, jerk, framework, perk, clerk, smirk, quirk, lurk, berserk, artwork, shirk, teamwork, irk, homework, groundwork, dirk, erk, turk, murk, paperwork, burke, patchwork, woodwork, guesswork, cirque, kirk, clockwork, merc, berk, rework, fieldwork, handiwork, housework, legwork, burk, overwork, schoolwork, firework, merk, casework, needlework, birk, footwork, piecework, werk, metalwork, ataturk, masterwork, perc, latticework, beadwork, murch, out of work, spadework, merck, brushwork, klerk, at work, young turk, roadwork, openwork, bank clerk, wide area network, knee jerk, body of work, werke, lerch, social work, piece of work, computer network, communications network, field work, local area network, plasterwork, clean and jerk, clerc, line of work, quirke, soda jerk, room clerk, bourke, waterwork, kurk, desk clerk, file clerk, derk, leclerc, undercover work, detective work, reference work, booking clerk, hotel clerk, sirk, town clerk, bjerke, grand turk, mcgurk, berke, turck.

Adjectives that are often used to describe earthwork:
small, ancient, circular, linear, large, great, old, strong, prehistoric, defensive, rectangular, largest, outer, british, massive, huge, low, extensive, heavy, experimental, formidable, slight, roman, oval, substantial, shaped, inner, bastioned, vast, earlier, enormous, confederate, fine, simple, remarkable, famous, impressive, artificial, mere, continuous, rude, irregular, ruined, palisaded, immense, quadrangular, sided, smaller, pentagonal, deserted, curious, univallate, northern, abandoned, fresh, gigantic, neolithic, middle, celtic, unfinished, mysterious, finished, mighty, fortified, semicircular, indoor, reconstructed, prominent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective earthwork:
tables, dams, mound, mensuration, notes, computations, manual, diagrams, fortifications, street, surveys.

Words that sound like earthwork:
earthwork, rework, earthworks, rourke, roark, rork, rorke, roarke, rourk, earthier, artwork, earthworm, art work, reworked, earthward, earth worm, roadwork, road work, work work, reworks, earth wax, rohwer, rrc, at work, awork, the work, reorg, earthquake, earth quake, earthworms, ironwork, earth hour, earthwards, rewake, rojek, rewoke, rrg, quirk, twirk, querk, quirke, outwork, in work, zwerg, allwork, reiher, unwork, roar, reek, aurora, rawr, reich, reak, earthy, roc, rar, roch, rara, rike, reac, rawer, rire, roary, roarer, aroura, raro, rethoric, aurore, retook, rah rah, arawak, reik, rarr, rawk, reiche, rawa, riek, rhotic, raar, rieke, riak, rahway, riar, riq, arar, relook, aurar, arare, aruru, rieck, rocc, aurorae, reic, rawi, rah-rah, raucher, o'rourke, earsore, earth core, raak.