'Levee' definitions:
Definition of 'levee'
(from WordNet)
noun
A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
noun
A pier that provides a landing place on a river
noun
An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
Definition of 'Levee'
From: GCIDE
- Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of. [1913 Webster]
- He levees all the great. --Young. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Levee'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Levee'
From: GCIDE
- Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Levee'
From: GCIDE
- Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n. [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.]
- 1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee." --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soir['e]e, or evening assembly; a matin['e]e; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'levee'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affair,
- arch dam,
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- backstop,
- ball,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- berth,
- boom,
- brawl,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- caucus,
- cofferdam,
- colloquium,
- commission,
- committee,
- conclave,
- concourse,
- congregation,
- congress,
- conventicle,
- convention,
- convocation,
- council,
- dam,
- dance,
- date,
- defense,
- diet,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dock,
- earthwork,
- eisteddfod,
- embankment,
- fence,
- festivity,
- fete,
- forgathering,
- forum,
- gate,
- gathering,
- get-together,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- housewarming,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- leaping weir,
- logjam,
- matinee,
- meet,
- meeting,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- panel,
- parapet,
- party,
- plenum,
- portcullis,
- prom,
- quay,
- quorum,
- rally,
- rampart,
- reception,
- rendezvous,
- reunion,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- salon,
- seance,
- seawall,
- session,
- shindig,
- shutter dam,
- sit-in,
- sitting,
- slip,
- sociable,
- social,
- social affair,
- social gathering,
- soiree,
- stews,
- stone wall,
- symposium,
- synod,
- tenderloin,
- turnout,
- wake,
- wall,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- work