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jetties

noun

plural of jetty
as in docks
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers didn't see any passengers waiting for the ferry, so the captain sailed past the jetty

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Recent Examples of jetties The rip currents and massive surf are capable of capsizing small boats, knocking people off jetties and pulling swimmers out to sea. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Officials urged people to maintain a safe distance from the water and to stay away from jetties, piers, beachside rocks and other waterside infrastructure. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Stay out of the water and off rock jetties, according to the NWS Los Angeles. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026 Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 Anglers of all experience levels crowd fishing piers, line jetties, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder below the spillways just to wet a line. — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026 Much of the sand that comes down the Santa Ana River gets regularly dredged and hauled to the groin jetties in West Newport. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 June 2026 Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure. — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetties
  1. docks
  2. wharves
  3. piers
  4. quays
Noun
  • Some of the mansions even come with private tunnels running under A1A, allowing residents to reach their docks without emerging to cross the two-lane road.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
  • And some waterfront residents have been known to illegally destroy wild rice plants near their docks intentionally to make room for their boats.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of docks
Noun
  • But in 1820, Shippingport had about 600 residents, three wharves for steamboats, taverns and a flour mill.
    — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The redevelopment would change that by extending and upgrading existing wharves and dredging areas around the docks.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of wharves
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • People are advised to stay out of the water and away from rocks, jetties, piers and other infrastructure near the ocean, the agency says.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of piers
Noun
  • Wine is embedded in the city’s architecture, history and daily life, from grand 18th-century façades to the bustling quays of the Garonne.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • According to Vantor, the image shows the construction of a dry dock and new quays and piers at one of China’s most strategically important bases.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
Definition of quays

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“Jetties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetties. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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