Explore Revetments through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Revetments meaning
plural of revetment
Using Revetments
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of revetment
- In the example corpus, revetments often appears in combinations such as: the revetments.
Context around Revetments
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Revetments
- In this selection, "revetments" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rock, few, clay, protecting and protect stand out and add context to how "revetments" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include down the revetments and launch and on rock revetments protecting seaside. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "revetments" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with revetments
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Where there are no beaches or marinas, stone or concrete revetments protect the shoreline from erosion. (16 words)
At high tide, the surf crashes on rock revetments protecting seaside homes in most of south Oceanside. (17 words)
With the introduction of stone-built temples, the revetments no longer served a protective purpose and sculptured decoration became more common. (21 words)
Decoration Architectural ornament render Early wooden structures, particularly temples, were ornamented and in part protected by fired and painted clay revetments in the form of rectangular panels, and ornamental discs. (30 words)
There were no taxiways and very few revetments or bomb proofs on Funafuti to shelter parked aircraft, though there were plans to add them later. (25 words)
The troops scrubbed down the revetments and launch pad, carted away debris and removed the top layer of coral around the contaminated launch pad. (24 words)
Example sentences (6)
At high tide, the surf crashes on rock revetments protecting seaside homes in most of south Oceanside.
There were no taxiways and very few revetments or bomb proofs on Funafuti to shelter parked aircraft, though there were plans to add them later.
Decoration Architectural ornament render Early wooden structures, particularly temples, were ornamented and in part protected by fired and painted clay revetments in the form of rectangular panels, and ornamental discs.
The troops scrubbed down the revetments and launch pad, carted away debris and removed the top layer of coral around the contaminated launch pad.
Where there are no beaches or marinas, stone or concrete revetments protect the shoreline from erosion.
With the introduction of stone-built temples, the revetments no longer served a protective purpose and sculptured decoration became more common.
Common combinations with revetments
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: