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breakwater

/ˈbɹeɪˌkwɔtɚ/

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What does breakwater mean?

noun

  1. A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
  2. A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
  3. A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɹeɪˌkwɔtɚ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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This floating breakwater held us off and frustrated all attempts to reach the goal which we sought.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
Ryman stared, but made no reply, and we went out, passing down to the breakwater and boarding the waiting launch.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
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I walked slowly towards the west, and presently found myself upon a pier, or breakwater, at the mouth of the harbour.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
I remember him contrasting that with his experiences as an engineer with Bob Bain, who, as manager, was then superintending the building of a breakwater.
Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) JappRobert Louis Stevenson: A Record, an Estimate, and a MemorialProject Gutenberg ebook #590
To defend the capital he sank forty junks filled with stone in the river, and thus formed the breakwater which still bars the entrance to large ships.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307