breakwater
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breakwater¹
- /ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/ UK
Where it comes from
From break + water. Compare Dutch breekwater (“breakwater”). Compare firebreak.
noun breakwaters
- A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside. […]there is a channel, some three miles wide between the city and the mainland, and some mile and a half wide between it and the sandy breakwater called the Lido, which divides the lagoon from the Adriatic,
- A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
- A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
Breakwater²
proper noun
- A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Translations
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noun construction in or around a harbour
| Español | rompeolas, espigón, reventazón, escollera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 방파제 bangpaje |
| 日本語 | 防波堤 bōhatei |
| 中文 | 防波堤 fángbōdī |
| Português | quebra-mar, esporão |
| Français | jetée, brise-lames, môle |
| Deutsch | Mole, Wellenbrecher |
| Italiano | frangiflutti, frangimare, frangionde |
| Ελληνικά | κυματοθραύστης kymatothráfstis |
| Русский | волноре́з volnoréz, волноло́м volnolóm, мол mol, на́сыпь násypʹ |
| עברית | שׁוֹבֵר גַּלִּים shover galim |
noun low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship
| Italiano | bulbo |
|---|
noun beach barrier
| Español | rompeolas, reventazón, escollera |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 防波堤 fángbōdī |
| Français | brise-lames, digue |
| Deutsch | Buhne, Wellenbrecher |
| Italiano | diga foranea |
| Ελληνικά | κυματοθραύστης kymatothráfstis |
| Русский | волноре́з volnoréz, волноло́м volnolóm |
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