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break·water (-wôt′ər)

noun

a barrier to break the impact of waves, as before a harbor
occasionally breakwall break′·wall′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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