Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An embankment to prevent erosion of a shoreline.
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- noun a
coastal defence in the form of anembankment
Etymologies
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Examples
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The seawall is another example, look at that estimate, look at the contingency, and tell me the contingency will cover the "connecting" the land to the sea for beauty and educational uses.
“Anyone Who Says There Aren’t Going to Be Cost Overruns Is Fooling Themselves.” « PubliCola 2010
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To think one could build a tunnel for a fixed cost through the muck behind the seawall is lunacy.
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The seawall is actually made of wood and marine worms have eaten it away.
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The island's seawall, which is more than 100 years old, also requires shoring up, and some 1.4 million square feet of historic buildings need restoration.
City Readies Island Money Joseph De Avila 2011
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We just had to stop beach activity, and we had to start water-blasting the seawall, which is 10 miles long, to clean that up.
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The tunnel option will be built right next to the seawall and the seawall will be the west wall of the tunnel.
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An early stroll along the seawall was a good change of pace.
Archive 2007-08-01 GuyanaHHH 2007
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An early stroll along the seawall was a good change of pace.
Victoria/Hope - British High Commissioner's Pool GuyanaHHH 2007
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Monday morning breakfast at Provence on Marinaside it's quiet on Mondays in Yaletown and then a stroll along the seawall is my favourite thing to do.
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There's a lake next to the city, it's called the Sabine Lake, two miles from the Gulf of Mexico and they're afraid all of the water is going to come from there, over a 14 foot seawall, which is too low and that's what they think will flood the city.
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