Old rail and timber groynes will be erected along the beach to trap shingle moved by coastwise drift, and to rebuild the protection to the toe of the embankment.
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Groyne
//ɡɹɔɪn//
Synonyms for "groyne" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
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26 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- буна noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Catalan
2 entries- espigó noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- galop noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Central Franconian
2 entries- Buhn noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- Krepp noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Danish
1 entries- høfde noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Dutch
2 entries- krib noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- strandhoofd noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Estonian
1 entries- buun noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Finnish
2 entries- siipipato noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- suiste noun (structure to prevent erosion)
French
1 entries- épi noun (structure to prevent erosion)
German
4 entries- Buhne noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- Kribbe noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- Lahnung noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- Wellenbrecher noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Italian
1 entries- frangiflutti noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Japanese
1 entries- 水制 noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Korean
1 entries- 방사제 noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Polish
1 entries- ostroga brzegowa noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Russian
2 entries- бу́на noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- полузапру́да noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Spanish
2 entries- escollera noun (structure to prevent erosion)
- espigón noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Swedish
1 entries- hövd noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Welsh
1 entries- argor noun (structure to prevent erosion)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Our assimilation into one another had been beautifully timed, with each little revelation of unpleasantness acting as a modest baffler, a groyne to our mutual inundation. Now all of this was going to be flooded, drenched in poisonous ichor.
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