Word Meanings - BREAKWATER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

• breakfasted
  of Breakfast
• Mouthful
  As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.
• Mouthless
  Destitute of a mouth.
• HARBORMASTER
  An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
• Breakfasting
  of Breakfast
• Harbored
  of Harbor
• Mouth-made
  Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt.
• HARBOROUGHHARBROUGH
  A shelter. [Obs]. Spenser.
• Afforded
  of Afford
• Breakman
  See Brakeman.
• Harboring
  of Harbor
• Mouthpiece
  The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
• MOUTHFOOTED
  Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.
• Affording
  of Afford
• Breakneck
  A fall that breaks the neck.
• Harborage
  Shelter; entertainment.
• Protection
  The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.
• MOUTHMADE
  Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

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