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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away;
[syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Groyne \Groyne\, n. [Obs.] See Groin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

groyne n 1: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty]