jetty
jetty is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Made of jet, or like jet in color. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
- noun. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
- noun. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
- noun. 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.
- intransitive verb. To jut out; to project.
- noun. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Synonyms
breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, mole, seawall
Common word forms
jettied, jettier, jetties, jettiest, jettying
Words from these letters
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