golfbreker

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Compound of golf (wave) +‎ breker (breaker).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɔlfˌbreː.kər/
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  • Hyphenation: golf‧bre‧ker

Noun

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golfbreker m (plural golfbrekers, diminutive golfbrekertje n)

  1. breakwater
    Synonyms: (archaic, rare) breekwater, (archaic, rare) zeebreker
  2. (proscribed) transversal dam built on a sandbeach to slow its erosion
    Synonyms: strandhoofd, havenhoofd

Usage notes

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The sense dam transversal to the shoreline is proscribed as a transversal dam does not protect the shore against the oncoming waves (i.e. does not break the waves), unlike a breakwater which is a dam parallel to the shoreline.