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Word: jetty
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- archaic Made of jet, or like jet in color.
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Noun:
- architecture A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
- A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
- ''(Hydraulic engineering):'' 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.
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Verb:
- obsolete|intransitive To jut out; to project.
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