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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  breakwater
       n : a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
           shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
           [syn: groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breakwater
     Αγγλικά n.
     κυματοθραύστης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breakwater
     n.
     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 (lb en nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a
  ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
     3 (lb en on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually
  perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand
  along a coast.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  breakwater
     n.
     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 (lb en nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a
  ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
     3 (lb en on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually
  perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand
  along a coast.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  breakwater
     n.
     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 (lb en nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a
  ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
     3 (lb en on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually
  perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand
  along a coast.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  breakwater
     n.
     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 (lb en nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a
  ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
     3 (lb en on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually
  perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand
  along a coast.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breakwater
     Englanti n.
     aallonmurtaja

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Breakwater /bɹˈeɪkwɔːtə/
  الحاجز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  breakwater //ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə// 
  вълноло́м
  construction in or around a harbour

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  breakwater /bɹˈeɪkwɔːtə/ 
  vlnolam

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  breakwater /bɹˈeɪkwɔːtə/
  Wellenbrecher  [constr.]  [naut.]
   see: breakwaters, jetty, floating breakwater, detached breakwater
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  breakwater //ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə// 
  aallonmurtaja
  construction in or around a harbour

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  breakwater /bɹˈeɪkwɔːtə/
  lukobran, lučki nasip, mol, valobran

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  breakwater /bɹˈeɪkwɔːtə/
  1. móló
  2. vágósarkantyú
  3. cölöpgát
  4. sarkantyú
  5. kikötôgát
  6. hullámtörô gát

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  breakwater //ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə// 
  防波堤
  construction in or around a harbour

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  breakwater /ˈbreɪkˌwɔ:tə/ 
    falochron

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  breakwater //ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə// 
  vågbrytare
  construction in or around a harbour

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  breakwater /bɹˈeɪkwɔːtə/
  1. dalgakıran.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɹeɪˌkwɔtɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "breakwater":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 防波堤;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 防波堤

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