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Breakwall

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wallnounA rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
booknounA collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
wailnounA prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
breakwaternounA construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
bulwarknounA defense or safeguard.
bulkheadnoun(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
waterbreaknoun(countable, more generally) Any artificially constructed system or device to halt the destructive flow of water.
seawallnounA coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
dropwallnounA short wall used as a weir or floodgate to control the flow of water.
training wallnounA wall, bank or jetty built to confine and direct the flow of a river, watercourse or tide.
counterfortnounA buttress built against a wall.
waterwallnounAn architectural feature consisting of a wall down which water flows.
forewallnounThe foremost outer wall of a fortification; rampart, bulwark.
collision bulkheadnoun(nautical) A strong, watertight transverse bulkhead in the fore part of a ship to prevent water flowing aft in the event of a collision
barricadenounA barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
weather shorenounSeen from land, a shore exposed to wind.
floodwallnounA man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
countermurenounA wall raised behind another, to supply its place when that is breached or destroyed.
sound wallnounA wall intended to block sound from entering an area.
wing wallnoun(construction) In a bridge, a retaining wall on either side of an abutment.

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