'Breakwater' definitions:
Definition of 'breakwater'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Breakwater'
From: GCIDE
- Breakwater \Break"wa`ter\, n. Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'breakwater'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutment,
- anchorage,
- anchorage ground,
- arc-boutant,
- arch dam,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- basin,
- beam,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- berth,
- bill,
- boom,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- buttress,
- buttress pier,
- buttressing,
- cape,
- chersonese,
- cofferdam,
- coral reef,
- dam,
- defense,
- delta,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dock,
- dockage,
- dockyard,
- dry dock,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- fence,
- flying buttress,
- foreland,
- gate,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- hanging buttress,
- harbor,
- harborage,
- haven,
- head,
- headland,
- hook,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- jutty,
- landing,
- landing place,
- landing stage,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- logjam,
- marina,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- moorings,
- mound,
- mull,
- naze,
- ness,
- parapet,
- peninsula,
- pier,
- pier buttress,
- point,
- port,
- portcullis,
- promontory,
- protected anchorage,
- quay,
- rampart,
- reef,
- retaining wall,
- road,
- roadblock,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- rock-fill dam,
- sandspit,
- seaport,
- seawall,
- shipyard,
- shoulder,
- shutter dam,
- slip,
- spit,
- spur,
- stone wall,
- tongue,
- wall,
- weir,
- wharf,
- wicket dam,
- work