Breakwater

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  • noun. A barrier that protects a harbor or shore from the full impact of waves.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, mound, wall, or sunken hulk, serving to break the force of waves and protect a harbor or anything exposed to the force of the waves.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside
  • noun. a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers
  • noun. On beaches: a wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. show the fins above the water while swimming
  • noun. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
    • Word Usage
    ""If you look out towards what you call the breakwater, you see all the edges right now with the rocks."
    cross-reference
    floating breakwater  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barrier  swim  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Shoreline  abutments  anchorage  bastion  buttress  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abutment  anchorage  anchorage ground  arc-boutant  arch dam  
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