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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
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
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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