agger

Noun

agger (plural aggers)

1. A high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again.
2. A low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again.
3. In ancient Roman building, an earthwork; a mound; a raised work.

5 letters in word "agger": A E G G R.

Anagrams of agger:

• eggar

• gager

Words found within agger:

ae ag age ager ar are areg ea ear egg er era erg gae gag gage gar gare gear rag rage ragg re reg

• Definitions:
• (Latin) a rampart; materials or earth amassed to form a tall mound of up to sixty feet; a rampart supposedly constructed by Tarquinius Superbus to ...
• The built-up foundations of a Roman road, sometimes surviving as a long bank of earth.
• A flat area on either side of a Roman road which was between 30-40 ft (12-15 metres) wide
• The raised mound or embankment of a Roman road formed by digging out broad ditches on both sides of the road. Thus people travelling on the roads were raised above the surrounding land and so could see any trouble approaching from the sides. ...
• Agger is the Roman word for an embankment or rampart, from the Latin aggero meaning to heap up, make a mound.

• aggadic ←
• aggadahs ←
• aggadah ←
• agger
• → aggers
• → aggie
• → aggies