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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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breakwaternounA 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.
seawallnounA coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
bulwarknounA defense or safeguard.
molenounAny of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
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spursnoun(soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
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breakwatersnounA construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
seawallsnounA coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
revetmentsnounA 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.
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erectedverb(nonstandard, physiology) erect

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