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jetty1 definition

jetty (jet′ē)

noun pl. jetties -·ties

  1. a kind of wall built out into the water to restrain currents, protect a harbor or pier, etc.
  2. a landing pier
  3. an overhanging part of a building

Etymology: ME gete < OFr jetée, jetty, orig. pp. of jeter: see jet

intransitive verb jettied -·tied, jettying -·ty·ing

to project, or jut out
jetty2 definition

jetty (jet′ē)

adjective jettier -·tier, jettiest -·ti·est

very black, like jet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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