Jetty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A structure, such as a pier, that projects into a body of water to influence the current or tide or to protect a harbor or shoreline from storms or erosion.
  • n. A wharf.
  • adj. Resembling jet, as in texture.
  • adj. Of the color jet; black: jetty tresses.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
  • n. A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
  • n. A wharf or dock extending from the shore.
  • n. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
  • v. To jut out; to project.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
  • n. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
  • n. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
  • n. A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole.
  • verb-intransitive. To jut out; to project.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A projecting part of a building, especially a part that projects so as to overhang the wall below, as the upper story of a timber house, a bay-window, etc. See extract under jetty, intransitive verb
  • n. A projection of stone, brick, wood, or other material (but generally formed of piles), affording a convenient place for landing from and discharging vessels or boats, or serving as a protection against the encroachment or assault of the waves; also, a pier of stone or other material projecting from the bank of a stream obliquely to its course, for the purpose of directing the current upon an obstruction to be removed, as a bed of sand or gravel, or to deflect it from a bank which it tends to undermine.
  • To jut; project.
  • To make a jetty.
  • Jetting, or jutting out; swelling.
  • Made of jet.
  • Black as jet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
  • Verb Form
    jettied    jetties    jettying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barrier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mole    project   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bette    Betty    Donizetti    Getty    Giacometti    Hettie    Hetty    Lettie    Letty    Nettie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flaxen    jet-black    breakwater    wharf    pier    coppery    ebon    red-gold    honey-colored    iron-gray