breakwater.

A structure built offshore or along a harbor to reduce the force of waves.

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Words that belong together

• harbor breakwater
• stone breakwater

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Fishing boats sheltered behind the stone breakwater.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular breakwater; plural breakwaters. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.