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wharf
[hwawrf, wawrf]
noun
plural
wharves, wharfsa structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
Obsolete.
a riverbank.
the shore of the sea.
verb (used with object)
to provide with a wharf or wharves.
to place or store on a wharf.
The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
to accommodate at or bring to a wharf.
The new structure will wharf several vessels.
verb (used without object)
to tie up at a wharf; dock.
The ship wharfed in the early morning.
wharf
/ ɔː /
noun
a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships
the working area of a dock
an obsolete word for shore 1
verb
to moor or dock at a wharf
to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves
to store or unload on a wharf
Word History and Origins
Origin of wharf1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wharf1
Example Sentences
But at the end of the city-owned wharf, hanging on a flimsy metal fence, are small warning signs.
It was a place transformed, with railroads and wharves running at capacity.
A major fire is still raging at the site and pictures show huge, billowing black clouds over the wharfs.
About 150 feet along the end of the wharf was washed away last month during dangerous high surf from a series of atmospheric river events that battered Northern California, Oregon and Washington.
The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.
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