Noun:

அலை தாஙக்ி,

breakwaters's Usage Examples:

Two long jetties or breakwaters have now been constructed, about 350 acres of harbour area have been dredged to a depth of 30 ft.

The outer harbour was formed by two breakwaters enclosing an area of 2 m.

The port is protected by breakwaters enclosing a portion of the lake front.

The harbour, protected by breakwaters, with a lighthouse at the entrance, is well defended from the north winds, but those from the south, south-east, and south-west prove sometimes highly dangerous.

The harbour, in which ships of all nations may be seen, as well as great numbers of the picturesque sailing craft engaged in the coasting trade, is somewhat difficult of access to larger vessels, but has been improved by the construction of new breakwaters and dry docks.

Elsewhere huge breakwaters had been constructed, the fragments of which may still be seen stretching away for a distance of from 2 to 3 m.

These passages are guarded by forts placed on islands intervening between the breakwater and the mainland, and themselves united to the land by breakwaters.

The capacious harbour, consisting of two parts, the old and the new, is protected by extensive moles and breakwaters.

By means of breakwaters it is continued beyond the coast-line and is at its mouth 328 ft.

The harbour, originally constructed as a refuge for British ships of war, is one of the best on the east coast, and has been improved by the widening of the piers and the extension of the breakwaters.

So popular has it become that besides being used for massive constructions like breakwaters, dock walls, culverts, and for foundations of buildings, lighthouses and bridges, it is also proving its usefulness to the architect and engineer in many other ways.

Synonyms:

groin, barrier, mole, jetty, bulwark, seawall, groyne,

Antonyms:

attack,