breakwater
1Breakwater — has several meanings, including: * Breakwater (structure), a structure for protecting a beach or harbour * Breakwater, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia * Breakwater School, a Portland, Maine, pre school and elementary school… …
2Breakwater — Break wa ter, n. 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. [1913 Webster] …
3breakwater — (n.) 1721, from BREAK (Cf. break) (v.) + WATER (Cf. water) (n.) …
4breakwater — ► NOUN ▪ a barrier built out into the sea to protect a coast or harbour from the force of waves …
5breakwater — [brāk′wôt΄ər] n. a barrier to break the impact of waves, as before a harbor: occasionally breakwall …
6breakwater — UK [ˈbreɪkˌwɔːtə(r)] / US [ˈbreɪkˌwɔtər] noun [countable] Word forms breakwater : singular breakwater plural breakwaters a strong wall that protects a beach from the force of the waves …
7breakwater — /brayk waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. a barrier that breaks the force of waves, as before a harbor. [1715 25; BREAK + WATER] * * * ▪ marine engineering artificial offshore structure protecting a harbour, anchorage, or marina basin from water… …
8breakwater — [[t]bre͟ɪkwɔːtə(r)[/t]] breakwaters N COUNT 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 …
9breakwater — noun (C) a large strong wall built out into the sea to protect the shore from the force of the waves: forming a natural breakwater against the sea …
10breakwater — noun she found a submerged breakwater, constructed of parallel stone walls filled with rubble Syn: sea wall, jetty, barrier, mole, bulwark, groin, pier …
