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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
- 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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