breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty
(noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jetty (plural jetties)
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
A wharf or dock extending from the shore.
(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
• (protective structure): mole, breakwater
• (wharf, dock): pier
• (pier): wharf, dock
• (pier): quay, levee
jetty (third-person singular simple present jetties, present participle jettying, simple past and past participle jettied)
(obsolete, intransitive) To jut out; to project.
jetty (comparative jettier, superlative jettiest)
(archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
Source: Wiktionary
Jet"ty, a.
Definition: Made of jet, or like jet in color. The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne.
Jet"ty, n.; pl. Jetties. Etym: [F.jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
3. (Hydraul. Engin.)
Definition: A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Jetty ad (Naut.), a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.
Jet"ty, v. i.
Definition: To jut out; to project. [Obs.] Florio.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
