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Meaning 1
A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
breakwater
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/
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noun
Meaning 2
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
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noun
Meaning 3
A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 4
A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: on beaches
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noun
Meaning 5
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: barrier
History
Etymology
From break + water. Compare Dutch breekwater (“breakwater”). Compare firebreak.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: breekwater — construction in or around a harbour
- Armenian: ծովապատնեշ (covapatneš) — construction in or around a harbour
- Asturian: contracái — construction in or around a harbour
- Bulgarian: вълноло́м (vǎlnolóm) — construction in or around a harbour
- Catalan: escullera — construction in or around a harbour
- Chinese Mandarin: 防波堤 (fángbōdī) — construction in or around a harbour
- Czech: vlnolam — construction in or around a harbour
- Danish: mole — construction in or around a harbour
- Danish: bølgebryder — construction in or around a harbour
- Dutch: golfbreker — construction in or around a harbour
- Dutch: havenhoofd — construction in or around a harbour
- Dutch: havendam — construction in or around a harbour
- Estonian: muul — construction in or around a harbour
- Finnish: aallonmurtaja — construction in or around a harbour
- French: jetée — construction in or around a harbour
- French: brise-lames — construction in or around a harbour
- French: môle — construction in or around a harbour
- Galician: crebaondas — construction in or around a harbour
- Galician: quebraondas — construction in or around a harbour
- German: Mole — construction in or around a harbour
- German: Wellenbrecher — construction in or around a harbour
- Greek: κυματοθραύστης (kymatothráfstis) — construction in or around a harbour
- Ancient Greek: πρόχωσις (prókhōsis) — construction in or around a harbour
- Hebrew: שׁוֹבֵר גַּלִּים (shover galim) — construction in or around a harbour
- Hungarian: hullámtörő — construction in or around a harbour
- Ido: ondegoruptilo — construction in or around a harbour
- Irish: tonnchosc — construction in or around a harbour
- Irish: bábhún — construction in or around a harbour
- Italian: frangiflutti — construction in or around a harbour
- Italian: frangimare — construction in or around a harbour
- Italian: frangionde — construction in or around a harbour
- Japanese: 防波堤 (bōhatei) — construction in or around a harbour
- Khmer: ជញ្ជាំងការពារឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ (cʊəñceang kaa pie cneɛ sa’mot) — construction in or around a harbour
- Korean: 방파제 (bangpaje) — construction in or around a harbour
- Macedonian: бранобран (branobran) — construction in or around a harbour
- Māori: rongoteka — construction in or around a harbour
- Norman: caûchie — construction in or around a harbour
- Norwegian Bokmål: bølgebryter — construction in or around a harbour
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bølgebrytar — construction in or around a harbour
- Plautdietsch: Walenbräakja — construction in or around a harbour
- Polish: falochron — construction in or around a harbour
- Portuguese: quebra-mar — construction in or around a harbour
- Portuguese: esporão — construction in or around a harbour
- Russian: волноре́з (volnoréz) — construction in or around a harbour
- Russian: волноло́м (volnolóm) — construction in or around a harbour
- Russian: мол (mol) — construction in or around a harbour
- Russian: на́сыпь (násypʹ) — construction in or around a harbour
- Scottish Gaelic: doirlinn-fasgaidh — construction in or around a harbour
- Serbo-Croatian: lukobran — construction in or around a harbour
- Slovak: vlnolam — construction in or around a harbour
- Spanish: rompeolas — construction in or around a harbour
- Spanish: espigón — construction in or around a harbour
- Spanish: reventazón — construction in or around a harbour
- Spanish: escollera — construction in or around a harbour
- Swedish: vågbrytare — construction in or around a harbour
- Tagalog: pamasag-alon — construction in or around a harbour
- Turkish: mendirek — construction in or around a harbour
- Ukrainian: хвилері́з (xvyleríz) — construction in or around a harbour
- Welsh: morglawdd — construction in or around a harbour
- Italian: bulbo — low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship
- Chinese Mandarin: 防波堤 (fángbōdī) — beach barrier
- Dutch: golfbreker — beach barrier
- French: brise-lames — beach barrier
- French: digue — beach barrier
- German: Buhne — beach barrier
- German: Wellenbrecher — beach barrier
- Greek: κυματοθραύστης (kymatothráfstis) — beach barrier
- Italian: diga foranea — beach barrier
- Macedonian: бранобран (branobran) — beach barrier
- Polish: ostroga brzegowa — beach barrier
- Russian: волноре́з (volnoréz) — beach barrier
- Russian: волноло́м (volnolóm) — beach barrier
- Spanish: rompeolas — beach barrier
- Spanish: reventazón — beach barrier
- Spanish: escollera — beach barrier
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