wharf

UK /ˈwɔːf/ US /ˈwɔɹf/

noun 2verb 2

Definitions

noun

An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.

Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.

Out upon the wharfs they came, / Knight and burgher, lord and dame, / And round the prow they read her name, / The Lady of Shalott.

Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.

the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf

verb

To secure by a wharf.

To place on a wharf.

ADJ.

busy

PREP.

down, from, on

ADV.

always, away

noun — a platform built out from the shore into the water and suppo

verb — come into or dock at a wharf

Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.

Wiktionary

Out upon the wharfs they came, / Knight and burgher, lord and dame, / And round the prow they read her name, / The Lady of Shalott.

Wiktionary

the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf

Wiktionary

The wharf was always busy, even when the ships had yet to arrive.

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Meet me on the wharf.

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The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.

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i Register

In some senses, wharf is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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