Breakwater

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Breakwater may refer to:

Breakwater (structure), a structure for protecting a beach or harbour
Breakwater (ship), a structure on the forecastle of a ship to divert water away from the forward superstructure or guns

Places

Breakwater, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Breakwater Islands, Nunavut, Canada
Breakwater School, a Portland, Maine, pre-school and elementary school founded in 1956

Arts and entertainment

Breakwater (band), a funk and soul band from the 1970s
Breakwater (album), a 1988 album by Lennie Gallant
The Breakwater, an alternative name for the 1670 painting Storm Off a Sea Coast by Jacob van Ruisdael

Other

USS Breakwater (SP-681), a United States Navy patrol vessel, minesweeper, and tug in commission from 1917 to 1920

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