Assertion: breakwater | /r/HasProperty | barrier
Facets:
value: by definition
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The breakwater, a barrier built to protect the wharf from powerful waves, is built entirely of natural stone.
text: Long Beach's breakwater, the barrier which protects the city from waves, has given the city one of the most unused portions of coastline in the state of California, according to Garcia.
text: By definition, a breakwater is a barrier built out into a body of water to protect a coast or harbor from the force of waves.
text: It is a barrier placed offshore of a harbor, cove, inlet or beach to absorb the impact and effects of ocean waves, creating a calm, quiet waterway behind it.
text: By definition, a breakwater is a barrier that protects a harbor or shore from the full impact of these waves.
text: It is a barrier placed offshore of a harbor, cove, inlet or beach to absorb the impact and effects of ocean waves, creating a calm, quiet waterway behind it.
text: Breakwaters are barriers built offshore to protect part of the shoreline.
text: They are barriers that are frequently displaced perpendicularly to the dominant wave direction, which absorb, refract, diffract and reflect part of the wave energy, therefore reducing the amount of energy that reaches the shoreline.