breakwater

[ breyk-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

/ ˈbreɪkˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /

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noun

a barrier that breaks the force of waves, as before a harbor.

Origin of breakwater

First recorded in 1715–25; break + water

Words nearby breakwater

break the record, breakthrough, breaktime, breakup, break-up value, breakwater, breakweather, break wind, break with, bream, breast

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Example sentences from the Web for breakwater

Slowly the gallant ship come round the breakwater to her moorings.
New Zealanders at Gallipoli|Major Fred Waite
This breakwater is to be about two miles long, and ten feet thick at the top, increasing in thickness toward the bottom.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891|Various
Joe Doane sat out on the breakwater and laughed at the joke on Joe Cadara.
The Best Short Stories of 1919|Various
But—but—I'm afraid I meant all the time to go on the breakwater if I found a chance.
Mamie's Watchword|Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

And then the Aleutian and Kuril Islands make a sort of breakwater to head off big bergs.
The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for breakwater

breakwater

/ (ˈbreɪkˌwɔːtə) /

noun

Also called: mole a massive wall built out into the sea to protect a shore or harbour from the force of waves

another name for groyne

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Scientific definitions for breakwater

breakwater

[ brāk′wô′tər ]

An offshore barrier, such as a jetty, that protects a harbor or shore from the full impact of waves.

单词	breakwater
释义	breakwater [ breyk-waw-ter, -wot-er ] / ˈbreɪkˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR breakwater ON THESAURUS.COM noun a barrier that breaks the force of waves, as before a harbor. Origin of breakwater First recorded in 1715–25; break + water Words nearby breakwater break the record, breakthrough, breaktime, breakup, break-up value, breakwater, breakweather, break wind, break with, bream, breast Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for breakwater Slowly the gallant ship come round the breakwater to her moorings. New Zealanders at Gallipoli\|Major Fred Waite This breakwater is to be about two miles long, and ten feet thick at the top, increasing in thickness toward the bottom. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891\|Various Joe Doane sat out on the breakwater and laughed at the joke on Joe Cadara. The Best Short Stories of 1919\|Various But—but—I'm afraid I meant all the time to go on the breakwater if I found a chance. Mamie's Watchword\|Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews And then the Aleutian and Kuril Islands make a sort of breakwater to head off big bergs. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler British Dictionary definitions for breakwater breakwater / (ˈbreɪkˌwɔːtə) / noun Also called: mole a massive wall built out into the sea to protect a shore or harbour from the force of waves another name for groyne Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to breakwater wharf, barrier, levee, embankment, pier Scientific definitions for breakwater breakwater [ brāk′wô′tər ] An offshore barrier, such as a jetty, that protects a harbor or shore from the full impact of waves. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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breakwater

noun

Origin of breakwater

Words nearby breakwater

Example sentences from the Web for breakwater

British Dictionary definitions for breakwater

noun

Words related to breakwater

Scientific definitions for breakwater