jetty
jetty¹
Definition
jetty (jet′ē)
noun pl. -·ties
- a kind of wall built out into the water to restrain currents, protect a harbor or pier, etc.
- a landing pier
- an overhanging part of a building
Etymology: ME gete < OFr jetée, jetty, orig. pp. of jeter: see jet
intransitive verb -·tied, -·ty·ing
to project, or jut out
jetty²
Definition
jetty (jet′ē)
adjective -·tier, -·ti·est
very black, like jet
jetty
Synonyms
jetty
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- construct: The ship lies below a jetty constructed in the eighteenth century.
- build: Flood scheme jetty built at the end of Victoria Avenue to stop flooding in the future.
- leave: The boys are being taught by instructors, how to rig the boats before leaving the jetty.
- use: The name itself comes from the jetty used by the horses taking the catch from the boats.
- have: There is a lake 2km away that has a floating wooden jetty with a an enclosed shallow area for younger children, says Wyn.
- include: The survey included some 50 structures in total including old jetties, groins and oyster beds.
Preposition: at
- end: FAB 1 has followed the Hood to a jetty at the end of a narrow coast road.
Adjective modifier
- floating: There is a lake 2km away that has a floating wooden jetty with a an enclosed shallow area for younger children, says Wyn.
- wooden: A long wooden jetty snakes out into the water from a perfect white beach fringed by mangrove trees.
- concrete: The beach is accessed by a concrete track with a 30 foot concrete jetty built out onto the beach.
- private: Lagoon Villas are one bedroom 2 story suites with private boat jetty 's built over the lagoon.
- small: We drove some trucks into the water to form a small jetty.
- existing: The existing jetty is one of the longest jetty structures in Europe.
Preposition: on
- side: A jetty on the northern side of the channel used ironstone boulders taken from the Head.
Noun used with modifier
- landing: There is a wooden landing jetty from which you can watch the brightly colored marine fish in the clear water below.
- ferry: The public launching jetty, it is best not to use the ferry jetty.
- timber: The remains of the stone & timber jetty are full of Crambeck Roman pottery.
- stone: A deserted stone jetty swung out into a small bay with several offshore rocks over which a heavy swell pounded.
- boat: There is a boat jetty out the back where it is possible to see a range of mangrove birds without getting muddy.
- river: At South Shields HE damaged the river jetty and offices in the dock area.
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- jewel box
