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breakwater meaning in Urdu

موج شکن

UK/ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/

breakwater in Urdu: موج شکن. In English, breakwater means a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

Urdu words for breakwater

موج شکن

English meaning of breakwater

  1. noun A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
  2. noun A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
  3. noun A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.

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Questions about breakwater in Urdu

What is the meaning of breakwater in Urdu?
Breakwater in Urdu is موج شکن.
breakwater کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Breakwater: موج شکن.
What does breakwater mean in English?
Breakwater means a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: breakwater (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: breakwater (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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