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
Sandwiched between Daytona Beach and Cocoa Beach (childhood home of pro surfer Kelly Slater), New Smyrna Beach is blessed with long beach breaks and a river inlet with stone jetties that create what may be the most bankable surf in all of Florida.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
The nonprofit, known for feeding the hungry in distressed areas, also built a makeshift jetty on the Gaza coast to help bring humanitarian shipments into land.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Something small, but with just enough space for exploration and to build a jetty.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023
One person was killed, and 10 others injured after a boat crashed into a jetty in Southern California.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
The nonprofit, known for feeding the hungry in distressed areas, also built a makeshift jetty on the Gaza coast to help bring humanitarian shipments into land.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Something small, but with just enough space for exploration and to build a jetty.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023
One person was killed, and 10 others injured after a boat crashed into a jetty in Southern California.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetty
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We were led down to the heated bunkroom, and the lifeboat turned and pounded through the wild seas to the quiet water inside the bar and tied up at a dock.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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On the Fourth of July 1906, he was found under a pile of lumber at the Alder Street dock.Meira Gebel, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Sheer curtains cover the windows, which look out on the building next door rather than the wharf itself, and the theme is much more timeless elegance than nautical transportation.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The three-story red-brick box with a little blue door was built in the 1860s as workforce housing by the Atlantic Dock Company, which once ran the wharf nearby.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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Bring a bike to pedal 4.5 miles on the Washington Ditch Trail to reach the pier for far-reaching lake views.Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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On the tip of the pier, Les Perles de Monte-Carlo is the brainchild of two biologists who wanted to introduce oyster farming in the principality.Lane Nieset, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Eighteen bedrooms are traditional, many with crown canopies and chintz, and some with spectacular harbor views over the tidal quay.Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since Salar al Khafaji and Sebastiaan Visser launched it in 2021, Monumental robots has built multiple projects for top contractors in the Netherlands, including the facades of free-standing villas, social housing units, industrial buildings, and quay walls.Megan Carnegie, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Jetty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetty. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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