A protective wall built offshore and usually parallel to the shore.

1721, from break (v.) + water (n.1).

a manmade wall rising from the sea floor that protects a harbor or beach from the force of waves.

A barrier that is built out into the water to protect a coast or harbor from the activity of waves.

A hard engineering structure built in the sea which, by breaking waves, protects a harbor, anchorage, beach or shore area. A breakwater can be attached to the coast or lie offshore.

(n) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

(1) A structure protecting a HARBOR, anchorage, or BASIN from WAVES. (2) (SMP) Offshore structure aligned parallel to the SHORE, sometimes shore-connected, that provides protection from WAVES.

A linear, floating or mound-like coastal engineering structure constructed offshore parallel to the shoreline to proteft a shoreline, harbor or anchorage from storm waves. Bypassing Sand

Offshore structure intended to break waves, reducing the force of wave action and encouraging sediment accretion. Can be floating or fixed to the ocean floor, attached to shore or not, and continuous [..]

A solid structure, such as a wall or mole, to break the force of the waves, sometimes detached from the shore, protecting a harbour or anchorage. Vessels usually cannot lie alongside a breakwater.

Rubble mound with horizontal berm of armour stones at about sea-side water level, which is allowed to be (re)shaped by the waves.

(1) A structure protecting a harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves. (2) Offshore structure aligned parallel to the shore, sometimes shore-connected, that provides protection from waves.

A structure on board a ship, fixed to an open deck forward intended to deflect and disperse head seas shipped over the bow.

1. A harbour breakwater is used to prevent the roughness of the sea outside the harbour from affecting the waters within. 2. A part of a ship's structure, usually located on the bow, and is used [..]

A term applied to plates fitted on a forward weather deck to form a V-shaped shield against water that is shipped over the bow.

A structure built on the forecastle of a ship intended to divert water away from the forward superstructure or gun mounts.

A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

 A man-made structure extending seaward from the natural coastline which has an apparently continuous low-water line. Often constructed to affect the movement of water. A harborwork. Part of the coast line from which maritime zones are measured. Often contrasted with piers.

Plates fitted on a forward weather deck to form a V-shaped shield against water that is shipped over the bow

A structure built on the forecastle of a ship intended to divert water away from the forward superstructure or gun mounts.

a man-made extension of the shoreline made to take the brunt of wave action and erosion and protect the waters on its lee side; a jetty

A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

A structure protecting a shore area, harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves. (6)

A line of rocks, concrete, pilings, or other material which breaks the force of the sea at a particular place, forming a protected area. Often an artificial embankment built to protect the entrance to [..]

A man-made structure protecting a shore area, harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves.

A pile of rough stones placed in front of a structure, such as pier

Barrier designed and built out into the water serving to break the force of waves at a particular place. Provides artificial protection needed when a harbour is under construction in an exposed site t [..]

Projecting section or dike that advances into the sea or river for protecting a port.

 A structure built along coasts as part of coastal defence to protect a shore or harbour from the force of waves by absorbing energy.