breakwater

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On beaches: a wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast
a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside
a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers
A breakwater is a wooden or stone wall that extends from the shore into the sea and is built in order to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves. a wall built out into the sea to protect the shore from the force of the waves
An offshore structure (such as a wall or jetty) that, by breaking the force of the waves, protects a harbor, anchorage, beach, or shore area (Bates & Jackson 1987)
{i} pier, quay; barrier which breaks the force of waves
A wall built around or within a harbour to reduce the force of the sea
(1) A structure protecting a HARBOR, anchorage, or BASIN from waves (2) (SMP) Offshore structure aligned parallel to the SHORE, sometimes shore-connected, that provides protection from waves
a structure used to protect docks by stopping or slowing waves or wake
A barrier built offshore to protect a harbour or a beach from the force of waves (brise-lames)
A natural or artificial barrier that breaks the force of waves
Rubble mound with horizontal berm of armour stones at about sea-side water level, which is allowed to be (re)shaped by the waves
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
A structure that protects a shoreline, harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves
A wall built seaward of a coast to intercept incoming waves and so protect a harbor or shore Breakwaters are typically built parallel to the coast
A structure protecting a shore area, harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves (6)
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
a breakwater
bulwark
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plural of breakwater
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