Usually means: Structure extending into a body water.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. jetty: Merriam-Webster
  2. jetty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jetty, jetty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jetty: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jetty: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jetty, jetty: Wordnik
  7. jetty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jetty: Wiktionary
  9. jetty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jetty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jetty: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jetty, jetty: Dictionary.com
  13. jetty: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. jetty: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Jetty (Web server), Jetty (disambiguation), Jetty (podcast network), Jetty (web server), Jetty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Jetty: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. jetty: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. jetty: Rhymezone
  19. jetty: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. jetty: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. jetty: FreeDictionary.org
  22. jetty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. jetty: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. jetty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jetty: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jetty: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jetty: BEACH-NET! (fishing)

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. JETTY: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Jetty: Latitude Mexico
  7. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See jettied as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
noun:  A dock or wharf extending from the shore; a pier.
noun:  (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To jut out; to project.
adjective:  (archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

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