SEAWALL

breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty

(noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

seawall (plural seawalls)

A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 December 2024

CHATTEL

(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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