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Groynes
An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
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An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
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| breakwaternoun | A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside. |
| jettynoun | (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below. |
| seawallnoun | A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment. |
| bulwarknoun | A defense or safeguard. |
| molenoun | Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae. |
| groinnoun | The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region. |
| cobsnoun | A corncob. |
| earsnoun | (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| headsnoun | One side of a coin: |
| husksnoun | The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside. |
| spikesnoun | A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for better traction. |
| spursnoun | (soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club |
| stemsnoun | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. |
| breakwatersnoun | A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside. |
| seawallsnoun | A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment. |
| revetmentsnoun | A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment. |
| jettiesnoun | (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below. |
| permeable | Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids. |
| spacedverb | a British television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the comedic, and sometimes surreal and action-packed, misadventures of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bisley, two twenty-something Londoners who, despite only having just met, decide to move in together after she gives up on squatting and he is kicked out by his ex-girlfriend. |
| erectedverb | (nonstandard, physiology) erect |
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