noun
Meaning 1
A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seawall
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noun
Meaning 2
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: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, jetty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: barrier
History
Etymology
From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 海堤 (hǎidī) — coastal defence
- Dutch: zeedijk — coastal defence
- Dzongkha: མཚོ་རྩིག (mtsho rtsig) — coastal defence
- Finnish: rantamuuri — coastal defence
- Finnish: rantavalli — coastal defence
- French: digue — coastal defence
- German: Damm — coastal defence
- German: Deich — coastal defence
- Hindi: समुद्री दीवार (samudrī dīvār) — coastal defence
- Hindi: समुद्रभित्ति (samudrabhitti) — coastal defence
- Italian: frangiflutti — coastal defence
- Korean: 해벽 (haebyeok) — coastal defence
- Korean: 방파제 (bangpaje) — coastal defence
- Norman: talustre — coastal defence
- Russian: волноло́м (volnolóm) — coastal defence
- Russian: волноре́з (volnoréz) — coastal defence
- Russian: да́мба (dámba) — coastal defence
- Spanish: dique — coastal defence
- Spanish: espaldón — coastal defence
- Spanish: rompeolas — coastal defence
- Spanish: espigón — coastal defence
- Spanish: tajamar — coastal defence
- Spanish: molo — coastal defence
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