breakwater in Chinese
breakwater in Chinese is 防波堤 — breakwater means a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
breakwater in Chinese
防波堤
Pronounced: fáng bō dī
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
What does "breakwater" mean?
- 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 A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
- noun A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
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What is "breakwater" in Chinese?
"breakwater" in Chinese is 防波堤. breakwater means: A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
How do you pronounce 防波堤?
"breakwater" in Chinese is 防波堤, pronounced "fáng bō dī".
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