How do you use Breakwall in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Breakwall in a sentence
Breakwall meaning
A wall, typically built outside of a harbour, that diminishes damage due to battering by the waves.
Using Breakwall
- The main meaning on this page is: A wall, typically built outside of a harbour, that diminishes damage due to battering by the waves.
- In the example corpus, breakwall often appears in combinations such as: the breakwall, breakwall at, breakwall and.
Context around Breakwall
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Breakwall
- In this selection, "breakwall" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, northern, harbor, erosion, shave, filling and system stand out and add context to how "breakwall" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chicago harbor breakwall and end the breakwall and art. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "breakwall" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with breakwall
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Elevated levels can cause shoreline erosion, breakwall and dock damage. (10 words)
The city's extensive breakwall system protects its inner and outer harbors, which are maintained at commercial navigation depths for Great Lakes freighters. (23 words)
Lifesavers at Town Beach said another metre of sand has shifted down towards the breakwall, filling in most of the holes and covering more rocks. (25 words)
According to the Mackinac Race Committee’s website, the sailboat’s location was about five nautical miles from the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac starting line, just off the Chicago Harbor breakwall. (33 words)
Award-winning businesses lost to the Lahaina fires, Down The Hatch and Breakwall Shave Ice Co. look forward to reopening on Maui’s West Side in the Kāʻanapali neighborhood in the future. (32 words)
Down south in the Camden Haven region, best of the reports have come from fishing in the river for luderick, Henry Kendall and the northern breakwall has produced the best catches. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
Award-winning businesses lost to the Lahaina fires, Down The Hatch and Breakwall Shave Ice Co. look forward to reopening on Maui’s West Side in the Kāʻanapali neighborhood in the future.
Down south in the Camden Haven region, best of the reports have come from fishing in the river for luderick, Henry Kendall and the northern breakwall has produced the best catches.
Lifesavers at Town Beach said another metre of sand has shifted down towards the breakwall, filling in most of the holes and covering more rocks.
The 11-year-old girl was standing on a breakwall at around 3:18 p.m. when a high wave swept her into the water, according to Chicago police.
According to the Mackinac Race Committee’s website, the sailboat’s location was about five nautical miles from the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac starting line, just off the Chicago Harbor breakwall.
Elevated levels can cause shoreline erosion, breakwall and dock damage.
Among the areas hit within the city were dockyards, the steel works, Parnell Place in the city's East End, the breakwall and Art Deco ocean baths.
The city's extensive breakwall system protects its inner and outer harbors, which are maintained at commercial navigation depths for Great Lakes freighters.
When in place, the boom stretches convert from the outer breakwall at Buffalo Harbor almost to the Canadian shore near the ruins of the pier at Erie Beach in Fort Erie.
Common combinations with breakwall
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the breakwall 2×
- breakwall at 2×
- breakwall and 2×