levee

levee is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of rising. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of rising.
2. noun. 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.
3. transitive verb. To attend the levee or levees of.
4. noun. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
5. transitive verb. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
6. noun. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
7. noun. a pier that provides a landing place on a river
8. noun. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in levee:

eleve

Common word forms

leveed, levees, leveeing

Words from these letters

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