breakwater
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
breakwater (plural breakwaters)
- a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside
- (nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers
- On beaches: a wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
- French: jetée, brise-lames
- German: Mole, Wellenbrecher
- Italian: frangiflutti, frangimare, frangionde
- Portuguese: quebra-mar
- Russian: волноре́з
- Spanish: rompeolas
- Italian: bulbo, bulbo di prua
- German: Buhne, Wellenbrecher
- Italian: diga foranea
- Russian: волноре́з
- Spanish: rompeolas
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