dique — meaning in English

English meaning

• jetty noun A narrow structure built out into water, used as a landing place for boats or to protect a shoreline.
• levee noun An embankment built along a river to prevent flooding.
• seawall noun A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

Senses

dique is used for these senses in English:

• jetty A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
• levee An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
• seawall A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
• slipway (nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.

jetty — full definition

1. noun A narrow structure built out into water, used as a landing place for boats or to protect a shoreline.
2. noun A part of a building, usually an upper floor, that projects out over the storey beneath it.
3. adj Deep black, like the mineral jet.

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