waterbreak (English, noun)
expansion: waterbreak (countable and uncountable, plural waterbreaks)
Senses:
glosses: A pothole or similar break in a road's surface caused by rainwater washing away the surface of the road.
tags: countable
obsolete
glosses: A breakwater.
tags: countable
glosses: A barrier built across a steeply sloping road or trail in order to direct the flow of water and prevent erosion.
tags: countable
glosses: Any artificially constructed system or device to halt the destructive flow of water.
tags: broadly
countable
glosses: The time elapsed from an underwater explosion or seismic event until the arrival of the resulting energy wave at a hydrophonic detector.
tags: countable
glosses: The formation of beads of water on a smooth surface, especially when used as an indicator of impurities on the surface.
tags: uncountable
glosses: A break in the smooth surface of a body of water, such as a ripple, whitecap, or the roughness that results from water flowing over an uneven surface.
tags: countable
Forms:
form: waterbreaks
tags: plural