as in dock
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 jetty
Control structures upriver reduced the river’s sediment load, and jetties channeled much of what remained out to sea.
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Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The surf break was born when the stone jetty was extended back in 1936.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
Rip currents are more likely to develop when a coastline is more complex, in terms of either the visible shore—a feature such as a jetty or a rocky point can trigger rip currents—or the underwater topography of sandbars that raise the ocean floor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025
Throughout summer, the area between the jetties on Deal Lake Drive and Eighth Avenue is designated for surfing.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
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Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The surf break was born when the stone jetty was extended back in 1936.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
Rip currents are more likely to develop when a coastline is more complex, in terms of either the visible shore—a feature such as a jetty or a rocky point can trigger rip currents—or the underwater topography of sandbars that raise the ocean floor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025
Throughout summer, the area between the jetties on Deal Lake Drive and Eighth Avenue is designated for surfing.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetty
Noun
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The property includes an indoor shooting range, pool house, guest house and a 4,000 square foot dock.—
Dana Hunsinger Benbow,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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When the barrels reached their loading dock, instead of rich complexity, the whiskey tasted of grass and hay.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The port planned to use it to clean up and remediate polluted areas, build facilities for handling the turbine parts, dredge the waterway and build a larger wharf capable of handling pieces of steel longer than a football field.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
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The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The first expansion is already underway, with a pier extension that doubles the destination’s dock capacity from two ships to four.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Seaports will have nearby seabed dredged and quays constructed to accommodate naval and transport vessels.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Then, as evening falls, locals gather with ice cream cones on the quay and the town glows in the hush of a Bornholm sunset.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Jetty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetty. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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