breakwater
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- n a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- Replaced by a modern automatic light on a breakwater several hundred feet beyond it and turned over to the Treasury as "surplus property," the Cedar Island light was to become .
- By intercepting the waves, the breakwater will create a stillwater trap where the sand will settle before it gets lost in the canyon.
- Actress Streep brings passion and skill to her richest role yet The camera sees gray clouds, a churning gray sea, the spray-lashed stones of a harbor breakwater, and at.