1) Barrier 2) Bulwark 3) Coastal construction 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Exclusively Saxon word 6) Groin 7) Groyne 8) Jetty 9) Mole 10) Offshore wall 11) Protection from shore erosion 12) Seawall 13) Shore protector 14) Word of purely Anglo origin 15) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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1) Dyke 2) Groyne 3) Jetty 4) Mole 5) Pier 6) Seawall
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[structure] Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defense or to protect an anchorage from the effects of both weather and longshore drift. ==Purposes of breakwaters== Breakwaters, also called bulkheads, reduce the intensity of wave action in inshore waters and thereby reduce coastal erosion or provide safe harb...
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A structure built on the forecastle of a ship intended to divert water away from the forward superstructure or gun mounts.
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A structure built on the forecastle of a ship intended to divert water away from the forward superstructure or gun mounts.
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• (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.
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artificial offshore structure protecting a harbour, anchorage, or marina basin from water waves. Breakwaters intercept longshore currents and tend ... [3 related articles]
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A pile of rough stones placed in front of a structure, such as pier in the water, that is used to break the force of water waves to prevent erosion.
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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.
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Break'wa`ter noun 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.
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A breakwater is a work constructed in front of a harbour to serve as a protection against the violence of the waves. The name is also given to any structure which is erected in the sea with the object of breaking the force of the waves without and producing a calm within, such as the common breakwaters found extending into the sea along Britain's c...
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n] - a protective structure of stone or concrete
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(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.
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groin noun a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
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A protective wall built offshore and usually parallel to the shore.
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barrier that protects a harbor or shore from the full impact of waves.
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a barrier that breaks the force of waves, as before a harbor.
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