renourishment
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌriːˈnʌrɪʃmənt/
- Specialized
:
reabastecimiento
- The renourishment of the beach not only protects the shoreline but also enhances the natural beauty of the area.
- beach renourishment
- renourishment project
Examples
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Due to severe erosion, the local government has invested in renourishment efforts to replenish the sand along the coastline.
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The city has planned a new renourishment project to restore the eroded beach and improve access for visitors.
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In late April, he received an unexpected boost in the case from other Walton County property owners fighting a renourishment project, which restores beaches by pumping more sand onto them.
Academic text (2006) -
Essentially, Florida's "beach renourishment" program created more beach but deprived property owners of the rights they previously had—exclusive access to the water, unobstructed view, full ownership of land up to the "mean high water mark," etc.
Blog text (9) -
It reflects a capitalist pursuit of financial gain facilitated by public tax policies, infrastructure subsidies, potential beach renourishment, federal flood insurance policies that ignore erosion hazards, and an outright exemption from the Beach Management Act.
Academic text (1991)
Antonyms
How Restored
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4.2
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3.4
- Specialized
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6.3
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4.9
350
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
renourishment = nourishment (semi-transparent) = re + nourish + ment
The form is clearly re- + nourishment, but in the beach sense 'nourishment' is metaphorically extended from food to material added to a shore, so the meaning is not fully literal for all learners.
Etymology
Renourishment comes from re- meaning 'again' and nourish meaning 'to feed or give strength'. A helpful image is a beach being 'fed' with new sand to make it wide again, so renourishment is adding material back to the shore to restore it.