Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishsǣweall“seawall”
- Middle Englishse-walle
- Englishseawall
From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall.
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Chinese Mandarin 海堤
- 海堤 (hǎidī)coastal defence
Dutch zeedijk
- zeedijkcoastal defence
Finnish rantamuuri, rantavalli
- rantamuuricoastal defence
- rantavallicoastal defence
French digue
- diguecoastal defence
German Damm, Deich
- Dammcoastal defence
- Deichcoastal defence
Hindi समुद्री दीवार, समुद्रभित्ति
- समुद्री दीवार (samudrī dīvār)coastal defence
- समुद्रभित्ति (samudrabhitti)coastal defence
Italian frangiflutti
- frangiflutticoastal defence
Korean 해벽, 방파제
- 해벽 (haebyeok)coastal defence
- 방파제 (bangpaje)coastal defence
Russian волноло́м, волноре́з
- волноло́м (volnolóm)coastal defence
- волноре́з (volnoréz)coastal defence
- да́мба (dámba)coastal defence
Spanish dique, espaldón
- diquecoastal defence
- espaldóncoastal defence
- rompeolascoastal defence
- espigóncoastal defence
- tajamarcoastal defence
- molocoastal defence
Cite this entry
APA
seawall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seawall
MLA
“seawall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seawall. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seawall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seawall.
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