Found 3 items, similar to JETTY.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: jetty
dermaga, hitam legam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jetty
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jetty
Jetty
\Jet"ty\, a.
Made of jet, or like jet in color.
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The people . . . are of a jetty. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Jetty
\Jet"ty\, n.; pl.
Jetties. [F. jet['e]e a pier, a jetty,
a causeway. See
Jet a shooting forth, and cf.
Jutty.]
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1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond
the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
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2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
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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.
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Jetty head (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.
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Jetty
\Jet"ty\, v. i.
To jut out; to project. [Obs.] --Florio.
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