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
Kharg Island has numerous loading berths, jetties, remote mooring points and tens of millions of barrels of crude storage capacity.
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Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
There’s long been such a system in place at the Santa Ana River, with sand taken out and moved to fill in between the jetties in Newport Beach.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
People visiting the coast were warned to stay well back from the water, as large waves and strong rip currents can develop suddenly and sweep over rocks and jetties.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
There’s long been such a system in place at the Santa Ana River, with sand taken out and moved to fill in between the jetties in Newport Beach.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
People visiting the coast were warned to stay well back from the water, as large waves and strong rip currents can develop suddenly and sweep over rocks and jetties.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetty
Noun
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In Connecticut, volunteers are needed to help cleanup the Long Wharf in New Haven at the canal dock boathouse.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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The second modular part, the media dock, clicks down onto one of two USB-C ports on the top right or left side of the keyboard.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Pan captured 243 photographs and 13 videos of payload-processing facilities, munitions bunkers, security checkpoints, mission-control centers, fuel and ordnance storage sites, and the nuclear submarine wharf.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The first responders arrived to find a vehicle submerged in about 10 feet of water just off the wharf parking lot.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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In 1903, a vicious winter storm reduced most of the piers to splinters, and by 1906 offshore oil production at Summerland had all but ceased.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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SkyCal was overhead as a large group of people waited at the end of the pier while law enforcement personnel swept the pier.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Waiting at the quay were water taxis for hotel guests.—
Vic O'Sullivan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Jetty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetty. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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