Usually means: Barrier constructed to contain floods.
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  1. stopbank: Merriam-Webster
  2. stopbank: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stopbank: Collins English Dictionary
  4. stopbank: Wiktionary
  5. stopbank: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. stopbank: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stopbank)

▸ noun:  levee, dyke

Similar:
floodbank, river bank, levee, campshedding, lever, bank, streambank, roadbank, warping bank, estacade, more...

Opposite:
startbank, flowbank, go-bank

Types:
vertical, inclined, composite, more...

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Similar:
floodbank, river bank, levee, campshedding, lever, bank, streambank, roadbank, warping bank, estacade, more...

Opposite:
startbank, flowbank, go-bank

Types:
vertical, inclined, composite, more...



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