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Meanings of breakwater in English

Portuguese
quebra-mar
Catalan
espigó
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A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.

      quebra-mar
      Usage of breakwater in English
      1
      One day the fisher-boys ran out on to the breakwater in playtime.
      Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
      2
      I was able to dodge its impact by ducking behind the breakwater.
      Blind willow, sleeping woman
      3
      He just noticed enough to take the direction toward the harbor breakwater.
      Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
      4
      MacGolderick blew himself up at Puerto Truxillo, shooting rocks for the breakwater.
      Soldiers of Fortune
      5
      Ruggiero saw him from the breakwater and watched him with evident interest.
      The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern Italy
      6
      Keep behind the breakwater, and you will ride smoothly, whatever the storm.
      Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
      7
      Waves crash against a breakwater at a port in Seogwipo, Jeju Island.
      The Guardian
      8
      She lay panting on the beach while Dick methodically bombarded the breakwater.
      The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
      9
      Between these two masonry dikes was to be placed a floating breakwater.
      Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884
      10
      Joe took the bar in haste, and drew Agnes towards the breakwater.
      The Seaboard Parish Volume 2
      11
      Stay behind the breakwater as long's you can and then cut over.
      The talisman
      12
      We slid away, rounded the breakwater and made it out without any problems.
      The Great Book of Amber
      13
      Belle pointed to a little pavilion in sight of the breakwater.
      Georgina of the Rainbows
      14
      He ordered everyone to work on the breakwater & the writer walked on.
      The new yorker
      15
      The waves swelled up along the breakwater and were whipped with broken foam.
      In a German Pension
      16
      A short walk on the curving breakwater yields postcard skyline views.
      BBC
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      Portuguese
      quebra-marmolhe
      Breakwater through the time
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