golfbreker

== Dutch == === Etymology === Compound of golf (“wave”) +‎ breker (“breaker”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɣɔlfˌbreː.kər/ Hyphenation: golf‧bre‧ker === Noun === golfbreker m (plural golfbrekers, diminutive golfbrekertje n) breakwater Synonyms: (archaic, rare) breekwater, (archaic, rare) zeebreker (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.