wall built out into the water to protect a harbor; landing pier
made of jet; that looks like a deep black color
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Jetty Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To jut out; to project.
To jut out; to project.
(n.)
A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
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; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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.
(n.)
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
(a.)
Made of jet, or like jet in color.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutMade of jet, or like jet in color.
jetty
\jet"ty\ (?), a. made of jet, or like jet in color. the people are of a jetty. -- sir t. browne.
jetty
\jet"ty\, n.; pl. jetties (#). [f. jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. see jet a shooting forth, and cf. jutty.]
1. (arch.) 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.) 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.
jetty
\jet"ty\, v. i. to jut out; to project. [obs.]
jetty
n : a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall]
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jetty ad
Noun
1. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
(synonym) breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall
(hypernym) barrier
Jetty Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Jetty Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A jetty is any of a variety of structures used in river, dock, and maritime works that are generally carried out in pairs from river banks, or in continuation of river channels at their outlets into deep water; or out into docks, and outside their entrances; or for forming basins along the sea-coast for ports in tideless seas. The forms and construction of these jetties are as varied as their uses (directing currents or accommodating vessels), for they are formed sometimes of high open timber-work, sometimes of low solid projections, and occasionally only differ from breakwaters in their object. The term derived from the French word jetée, "thrown", and signifies something thrown out. Jetties at the coast that have been raised and extended, help prevent long shore drift, so therefore slowing down beach erosion.
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Jetty Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
A structure, usually masonry, projecting out from the shore; a jetty may protect a harbor entrance.
Jetty Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
A structure extending into a sea, lake, or river to influence the current or tide, in order to protect harbors, shores, and banks.
