"seawall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seawalls [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|se-walle}} Middle English se-walle, {{inh|en|ang|sǣweall|t=seawall}} Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), {{compound|en|sea|wall}} sea + wall Head templates: {{en-noun}} seawall (plural seawalls)
  1. A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment. Wikipedia link: seawall Categories (topical): Walls and fences Synonyms: sea wall Related terms: breakwater, groyne Translations (coastal defence): 海堤 (hǎidī) (Chinese Mandarin), zeedijk (Dutch), མཚོ་རྩིག (mtsho rtsig) (Dzongkha), rantamuuri (Finnish), rantavalli (Finnish), digue (French), Damm [masculine] (German), Deich [masculine] (German), समुद्री दीवार (samudrī dīvār) (Hindi), समुद्रभित्ति (samudrabhitti) (Hindi), frangiflutti [masculine] (Italian), 해벽 (haebyeok) (Korean), 방파제 (bangpaje) (Korean), talustre [masculine] (Norman), волноло́м (volnolóm) [masculine] (Russian), волноре́з (volnoréz) [masculine] (Russian), да́мба (dámba) [feminine] (Russian), dique [masculine] (Spanish)

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