jetty

Jetty with boat and bicycle

Meanings

Noun

  • 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.
  • A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

Verb

Adjective

  • Made of jet, or like jet in color.

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Origin

  • From French jetée ("pier, jetty, causeway"), from jeter. Compare jet, jutty.
  • jet + -y

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