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seawall
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun seawall has 1 sense
- seawall(n = noun.artifact) breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole - a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away; Array is a kind of barrier
THESAURUS
seawall
abutment, anchorage, anchorage ground, arc-boutant, arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, basin, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, cofferdam, dam, defense, dike, ditch, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, earthwork, embankment, fence, flying buttress, gate, gravity dam, groin, hanging buttress, harbor, harborage, haven, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, leaping weir, levee, logjam, marina, milldam, moat, mole, moorings, mound, parapet, pier, pier buttress, port, portcullis, protected anchorage, quay, rampart, retaining wall, road, roadblock, roads, roadstead, rock-fill dam, seaport, shipyard, shoulder, shutter dam, slip, stone wall, wall, weir, wharf, wicket dam, work
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