Definition of "jetty" in 英语

noun

1. (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.

2. A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a breakwater.

3. A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.

4. Synonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”).

verb

1. Sometimes followed by out: to construct (a part of a building) so that it jets or projects beyond the rest.

2. To provide (a riverbank, seashore, etc.) with a jetty (“breakwater; dock or wharf”) (noun etymology 1, sense 2.1 or etymology 1, sense 2.2).

3. Sometimes followed by out or over: of (a part of) a building: to jet or project beyond the rest of the building or other structures.

4. To provide a riverbank, seashore, etc., with a jetty (noun etymology 1, sense 2.1 or etymology 1, sense 2.2).

adjective

1. (obsolete, rare) Having the characteristic of jetting or jutting out; protruding.

adjective

1. (archaic) Like jet (“a hard, black form of coal”) in colour; jet-black, pitch-black.

2. (obsolete, rare) Having a composition like that of jet.

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To move with haste.