Wharf

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload.
  • n. Obsolete A shore or riverbank.
  • v. To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.
  • v. To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.
  • v. To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.
  • verb-intransitive. To berth at a wharf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
  • n. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
  • v. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
  • v. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A platform of timber, stone, or other material built on a support at the margin of a harbor or a navigable stream, in order that vessels may be moored alongside, as for loading or unloading, or while at rest.
  • n. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
  • To guard or secure by a wharf or firm wall of timber or stone.
  • To place or lodge on a wharf.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. discharge at a wharf
  • v. provide with a wharf
  • v. moor at a wharf
  • v. store on a wharf
  • v. come into or dock at a wharf
  • n. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
  • Verb Form
    wharfed    wharfing    wharfs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unload    setdown    drop    discharge    drop-off    put down    furnish    provide    supply    render   
    Cross Reference
    sheer wharf    dock   
    Variant
    wharves   
    Form
    wharfed    wharfing    wharfinger    wharf rat    wharfie    wharfage   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    quay    pier    dock    key    jetty   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dwarf    morph    orf   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pier    dock    warehouse    harbor    jetty    harbors    barn    barge    barrack    depot