breakwater
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈbreɪkˌwɔːtər/
- Specialized
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rompeolas
- The breakwater protects the harbor from the crashing waves during storms.
- breakwaters and groins
Examples
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We put on our heavy UNH sweatshirts and walked along the beach to the rocky breakwater forming one side of the harbor channel.
Fiction book (1997) -
I walked down to the shore and climbed the steps of the breakwater.
Fiction book (1999) -
I could never make it past the breakwater.
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I finally made it past the breakwater.
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We could follow the track that led to the breakwater, cutting across where the ocean was closest to the road.
Fiction book (1993) -
I stood alone on the breakwater, frozen in place.
Fiction book (1999) -
At the end of the breakwater, the flag whipped this way and that.
Fiction book (1996) -
We sat atop the breakwater for a time, taking in the view without a word to each other.
Fiction book (1999) -
Ships clanked in the port, and some sort of construction work was taking place out on the breakwater.
Fiction book (1998) -
The breakwater was constructed of massive blocks of granite quarried from the White Mountains.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
19
4.6
A raised wall built to stop water from flooding land
14
3.9
A strong wall built along the shore to protect land from the sea
11
8.6
A strong wall built to protect a place like a city or ship
10
5.1
A long wall that goes from the shore into the sea to protect the coast from waves
1
7.7
A long stone or concrete wall built out from the shore to stop strong waves
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breakwater comes from the words break ('to stop or weaken') and water, so it is a wall built in the sea that 'breaks' the waves before they hit the shore and protects the harbor.