Wharf

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  • noun. A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.
  • noun. A shore or riverbank.
  • intransitive verb. To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.
  • intransitive verb. To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.
  • intransitive verb. To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.
  • intransitive verb. To berth at a wharf.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To guard or secure by a wharf or firm wall of timber or stone.
  • To place or lodge on a wharf.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
  • transitive verb. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
  • noun. a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless.
  • noun. A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. discharge at a wharf
  • verb. provide with a wharf
  • verb. moor at a wharf
  • verb. store on a wharf
  • verb. come into or dock at a wharf
  • noun. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
  • Word Usage
    "Granted, gentrification has improved much of the burg, but be that as it may, whether the locals like it or not, Fisherman's wharf is an essential tourist trap."
    cross-reference
    dock  sheer wharf  
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    berth  discharge  dock  drop  drop-off  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dwarf  morph  orf  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    airfield  anchorage  barge  barn  barrack  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    wharves  
    verb-form
    wharfed  wharfing  wharfs