seawall

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

Συνώνυμα

coastal levee

sea bank

sea embankment

sea-wall

tide embankment

sea dyke

digue

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall.

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