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Synonyms for breakwater


Grammar : Noun
Spell : breyk-waw-ter, -wot-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbreɪkˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər



Définition of breakwater

Origin :
  • 1721, from break (v.) + water (n.).
  • noun jetty
Example sentences :
  • There were boys bathing still from the breakwater of the rocks.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • That bravado gave impetus to the pointed insolence on the Breakwater.
  • Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • Yes, but his hand got well the moment the Mayflower was beyond the Breakwater.
  • Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • Soon so many of them were in that the throng of the Breakwater was noticeably smaller.
  • Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • As for doubling the Breakwater, he had given up hope of that!
  • Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • At three she struck on the sand close to the breakwater—not 300 yards from the rocks.
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • It has stood as a breakwater between the corporations and the people.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • Outside the breakwater, the "Kearsarge" was doing the same thing.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • Joe Doane sat out on the breakwater and laughed at the joke on Joe Cadara.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
  • Head down, he walked along the beach as far as the breakwater.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various

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