Synonyms for "seawall" (96 found)

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Closest matches (20)

breakwaterabutmentanchorageanchorage groundarc-boutantarch dambackstopbamboo curtainbankbarbarragebarrierbasinbeambear-trap dambeaver damberthboombreastwork

Noun(1 words)

breakwater

Strong matches (28)

brick wallbufferbulkheadbulwarkbuttressbuttress pierbuttressingcofferdamdamdefensedikeditchdockdockagedockyarddry dockearthworkembankmentfenceflying buttress

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gategravity damgroinhanging buttress

Noun(4 words)

bulwarkdykegroingroyne

Related words (48)

harborharboragehavenhydraulic-fill damiron curtainjamjettyjuttylandinglanding placelanding stageleaping weirleveelogjammarinamilldammoatmolemooringmoorings

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moundparapetpierpier buttressportportcullisprotected anchoragequayrampartretaining wallroadroadblockroadsroadsteadrock-fill damseaportshipyardshouldershutter damslipstone wallwallweirwharfwicket damwork

Noun(2 words)

jettymole

Related word relations

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More general

1 entries

barrier

Synonyms

1 entries

breakwater

Related terms

2 entries

breakwatergroyne

derived

1 entries

seawalled

derived from

2 entries

seawall

related to

6 entries

breakwatercoastaldefenceembankmentgroynewall

Translations

23 translations across 12 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 海堤 noun (coastal defence)

Dutch

1 entries

• zeedijk noun (coastal defence)

Dzongkha

1 entries

• མཚོ་རྩིག noun (coastal defence)

Finnish

2 entries

• rantamuuri noun (coastal defence)
• rantavalli noun (coastal defence)

French

1 entries

• digue noun (coastal defence)

German

2 entries

• Damm noun (coastal defence)
• Deich noun (coastal defence)

Hindi

2 entries

• समुद्रभित्ति noun (coastal defence)
• समुद्री दीवार noun (coastal defence)

Italian

1 entries

• frangiflutti noun (coastal defence)

Korean

2 entries

• 방파제 noun (coastal defence)
• 해벽 noun (coastal defence)

Norman

1 entries

• talustre noun (coastal defence)

Russian

3 entries

• волноло́м noun (coastal defence)
• волноре́з noun (coastal defence)
• да́мба noun (coastal defence)

Spanish

4 entries

• dique noun (coastal defence)
• espaldón noun (coastal defence)
• espigón noun (coastal defence)
• molo noun (coastal defence)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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The waves dashed against the seawall.

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