JETTY

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

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Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (protective structure): mole, breakwater

• (wharf, dock): pier

Hypernyms

• (pier): wharf, dock

Coordinate terms

• (pier): quay, levee

Verb

jetty (third-person singular simple present jetties, present participle jettying, simple past and past participle jettied)

(obsolete, intransitive) To jut out; to project.

Etymology 2

Adjective

jetty (comparative jettier, superlative jettiest)

(archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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