Usually means: Rocky material stabilizing shorelines, banks.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. rip-rap, rip-rap: Collins English Dictionary
  2. rip-rap: Wordnik
  3. rip-rap: Dictionary.com
  4. rip-rap: Online Etymology Dictionary
  5. Rip-rap, Rip rap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. rip-rap: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. rip rap: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rip-rap, Rip rap: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rip rap: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Rip-Rap, Rip rap: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Rip rap)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of riprap [An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.]

Similar:
breakwater, groyne, jetty, mole, pier, seawall, barrier reef, bulkhead line, canalside, causey, more...
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breakwater, groyne, jetty, mole, pier, seawall, barrier reef, bulkhead line, canalside, causey, more...



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