Plural of breakwater
regular plural
The plural of breakwater is breakwaters.
Forms of breakwater
| Singular | breakwater /ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | breakwaters |
| Countable | countable |
Breakwaters in a sentence
- There were deep pools in the river, known as hutch pools because they are formed by hutches - breakwaters - built out from the bank.1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 35. From the entry hutch
Meaning of breakwater
- noun A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
- noun A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
- noun A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
Questions about the plural of breakwater
- What is the plural of breakwater?
- The plural of breakwater is breakwaters.
- Is breakwater countable?
- Breakwater is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: breakwater (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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