Jetty,

Definition of Jetty:

1. Generally a solid structure built out into the sea or along the shore as a part of a port (sometimes as two arms encircling it) alongside which ships (specially tankers) can lie. Often used as a synonym for pier.

Synonyms of Jetty

Abutment, Anchorage, Anchorage ground, Arc-boutant, Arch dam, Backstop, Bamboo curtain, Bank, Bar, Barrage, Barrier, Basin, Beam, Bear-trap dam, ■■■■■■ dam, Berth, Black, ■■■■, Breakwater, Breastwork, Brick wall, Buffer, Bulkhead, Bulwark, Buttress, Buttress pier, Buttressing, Cofferdam, Dam, Defense, ■■■■, Ditch, Dock, Dockage, Dockyard, Dry dock, Earthwork, Ebon, Ebony, Embankment, Fence, Flying buttress, Gate, Gravity dam, Groin, Hanging buttress, Harbor, Harborage, Haven, Hydraulic-fill dam, Inky, Iron curtain, Jam, Jet, Jutty, Landing, Landing place, Landing stage, Leaping weir, Levee, Logjam, Marina, Milldam, Moat, Mole, Moorings, Mound, Parapet, Pier, Pier buttress, Pitch-black, Pitch-dark, Port, Portcullis, Protected anchorage, Quay, Rampart, Raven, Retaining wall, Road, Roadblock, Roads, Roadstead, Rock-fill dam, Sable, Seaport, Seawall, Shipyard, Shoulder, Shutter dam, Slip, Stone wall, Wall, Weir, Wharf, Wicket dam, Work

How to use Jetty in a sentence?

1. If you will be doing a lot of shipping and receiving you may want to rent your own jetty so you know its always available.
2. I was washed up shore near the jetty in my ocean adventure with the kayak, fortunately I expected such an event to occur.
3. I did not think we could bring our boat into the dock because there was no jetty and there was nothing to tie up the boat.