seawall

noun

Definition of seawallnext
as in breakwater

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Recent Examples of seawall The policy will also allow homeowners to file permits to install a new temporary or permanent dock, boat lift or seawall. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Muehl admitted to kicking the sea lion on July 22 as the mammal was peacefully sitting on a seawall, federal prosecutors said. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 The reefs were made of metal grids and coated in calcium carbonate, and were then fixed to the underwater seawall at Marina Palamós. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 The video appears to show a man wearing a T-shirt and shorts approaching a sea lion resting on a seawall and kicking the animal while another person can be heard laughing in the background. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for seawall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
  1. breakwater
  2. jetty
  3. embankment
  4. levee
  5. dam
  6. dike
Noun
  • The area historically has been hardest hit by high surf when powerful waves pass between the Alamitos Bay jetty and the breakwater which together act as a barrier between the ocean and the community.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • He was pulled from the lake’s cold water near the Government Pier breakwater in the main channel of Waukegan Harbor by rescue divers.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of breakwater
Noun
  • By early afternoon, the scene shifts across the shaded wooden deck, as guests slip in from the jetty barefoot and still damp from the sea, for long, languid lunches that roll into dusk.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
  • On July 22, Liz swam around a jetty in the water in front of the property until noon, per surveillance videos released by her family.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of jetty
Noun
  • How levees work Levees are earthen embankments positioned parallel to a river that effectively raise the height of the banks of the river to prevent overflow when the river swells.
    — Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Ewa Mroczkowska’s production design also turns dewy embankments, decadent interiors, and sunrises over cemeteries into visions of storybook-like decay.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of embankment
Noun
  • After Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, the failure of New Orleans’ federal levee system inundated about 80% of the city in floodwaters.
    — JACK BROOK, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The landfill, a former marsh that is separated from San Francisco Bay by an earthen levee, first became an garbage dump in 1938.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of levee
Noun
  • The governor’s office said the state was securing its harbors, deploying emergency personnel to strategic locations and monitoring dams for any possible breaches or overflows.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The software models power production by pairing turbine performance curves with hydraulic head, which measures the potential energy created by water elevation behind a dam.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of dam
Noun
  • Chinese Nationalist forces breached the river’s dikes near Huayuankou to slow advancing Japanese troops.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of dike

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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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