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Definition of Breakwaters

Breakwater
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.

Meaning of Breakwaters from wikipedia

- referred to as groynes. Breakwaters reduce the intensity of wave action in ins**** waters and thereby provide safe harbourage. Breakwaters may also be small...
- Look up breakwater or break water in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breakwater may refer to: Breakwater (structure), a structure for protecting a beach...
- The Phoenix breakwaters were a set of reinforced concrete caissons built as part of the artificial Mulberry harbours that were ****embled as part of the...
- Breakwater is an American funk band from Philadelphia. The band released two albums: Breakwater in 1978, and Splashdown in 1980. The latter features the...
- drift, primarily to enforce coastal structures such as seawalls and breakwaters. Tetrapods are made of concrete, and use a tetrahedral shape to dissipate...
- Breakwater is a residential and industrial suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located on the Barwon River, 4 km south-south-east of the Geelong central...
- Women of Breakwater, also known as Woman of Breakwater or Babae sa Breakwater in Tagalog is a 2003 Filipino drama film directed by Mario O'Hara and starring...
- Hook, Brooklyn allowed for significant increases in capacity. Living Breakwaters is a project overseen by the Billion Oyster Project in Staten Island...
- hydraulic engineering.[1] K. d'Angremond (2004) - Breakwaters and closure dams. N.W.H. Allsop (2002) - Breakwaters, coastal structures and coastlines. J.W. Van...
- 6 m) plus-shaped floating breakwaters fabricated in steel and rubberized canvas that were anc****d outside the main breakwaters that consisted of gooseberries...