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groyne

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹɔɪn/Part of speech nounSorted egnoryStarts with GEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A wall or barrier built from a shore to reduce erosion.

Word origin

From Middle English groyn (“snout”), from Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Latin grunnire (“grunt like a pig”).

Used in a sentence

  • Old rail and timber groynes will be erected along the beach to trap shingle moved by coastwise drift, and to rebuild the protection to the toe of the embankment.

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