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What is the noun for jetties?

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jetty
  1. A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
  2. A wharf or dock extending from the shore.
  3. (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The Admiral remembers all too clearly returning from long Cold War submarine patrols and having to queue on a rainswept jetty to use a phone.”
jettying
  1. A technique used in mediaeval timber-frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below.
jettiness
  1. blackness; the condition of being jetty
jettee
  1. Obsolete form of jetty.
jettees
  1. plural of jettee
jetties
  1. plural of jetty
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But development, and the sand pumping, jetties, and seawalls that come with it, is overwhelming beaches.”
      “These properties, worth well in excess of R1 million, have their own private jetties on the Nahoon River.”
      “New passenger jetties will be added to prevent potential accidents during rough conditions.”
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