Usually means: Structures protecting coastlines from waves.
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  1. breakwaters: Merriam-Webster
  2. breakwaters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. breakwaters: Vocabulary.com
  4. breakwaters: Wordnik
  5. breakwaters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. breakwaters: Wiktionary
  7. breakwaters: Dictionary.com
  8. Breakwaters: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (breakwater)

noun:  A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
noun:  (nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
noun:  (on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
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