Waterbreak

Quick meaning: Waterbreak is a noun meaning (countable, obsolete) A pothole or similar break in a road's surface caused by rainwater washing away the surface of the road.

Meaning

(countable, obsolete) A pothole or similar break in a road's surface caused by rainwater washing away the surface of the road.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A breakwater.
2. (countable) A barrier built across a steeply sloping road or trail in order to direct the flow of water and prevent erosion.
3. (countable, more generally) Any artificially constructed system or device to halt the destructive flow of water.
4. (uncountable) The formation of beads of water on a smooth surface, especially when used as an indicator of impurities on the surface.
5. (countable) The time elapsed from an underwater explosion or seismic event until the arrival of the resulting energy wave at a hydrophonic detector.
6. (countable) A break in the smooth surface of a body of water, such as a ripple, whitecap, or the roughness that results from water flowing over an uneven surface.

Example Sentences

Since the islet has a 720 meter long waterbreak connecting the land and the islet it attracts many visitors during summertime.

A waterbreak should be extended far enough into the bank on the upper side of the trail to prevent water from cutting around it.

The bay has a high waterbreak equipped with a 200 m wide and 40 m deep opening for water exchange, to prevent high tsunami waves at the mouth.

Many of the entrants drove unusually reckless down the mountains and the unexpected waterbreaks jarred their cars more than 100 miles of rational touring.

Word Forms

• waterbreaks

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pothole, waterbar, pot hole, break, brack, breakwater.

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