impoundment.

1. Water held behind a barrier, or the enclosure created to retain it.

2. The act of taking and holding property or animals under legal authority.

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Words that belong together

• water impoundment
• river impoundment

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The impoundment submerged the old riverbank trail.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular impoundment; plural impoundments. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.