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Word entry · 5 letters

jetty

Best crossword clue

"Shoreline pier"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛti/Part of speech nounSorted ejttyStarts with JEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
1J2E3T4T5Y

Definitions

  1. A structure built out into water to protect a shore or guide currents.

Word origin

From jet (“(obsolete) protruding part, projection”, noun) or jet (“to jut, project, protrude”, verb) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).

Used in a sentence

  • Spérto, a porch, a portall, a baie vvindovv, or out butting, or iettie of a houſe that ietties out farther than anie other part of the houſe, a iettie or butte.
  • There are excellent jetties for landing by boat at the Marine Hotel, and the Vine Inn; […]
  • The boathouse was a stone one, with a narrow quay along each wall inside, and a small jetty sticking out beyond it into the lake.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Shoreline pier5 letters
02Harbor pier5 letters

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