Quay

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A wharf or reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
  • v. To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.
  • v. To furnish with quays.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete or dialectal form of whey.
  • n. A landing-place; a place where vessels are loaded and unloaded; a wharf: usually constructed of stone, but sometimes of wood, iron, etc., along a line of coast or a river-bank or round a harbor or dock.
  • To furnish with a quay or quays.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pier    wharf    dock    wharfage   
    Cross Reference
    pier    riprap    mole    harbor    harbour    wharf    float    dock    cay   
    Variant
    key   
    Form
    quayside   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    levee    Bund    bunder   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A    A.    Ab    Ac    Ag    Agee    Aimee    Albee    Amputee    B   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    causeway    wharf    pier    jetty    plaza    boulevard    dock    courtyard    piazza    promenade