golfbreker

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɔlfˌbreː.kər/

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• Hyphenation: golf‧bre‧ker

Noun

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

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.