jetty

  1. Noun.  (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
  2. Noun.  A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
  3. Noun.  ''(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.
  4. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To jut out; to project.
  5. Adjective.  (archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

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