Wharf - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|wɔːrf|
Brit.
|wɔːf|
noun
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats (syn: dock, pier, wharfage)
verb
- provide with a wharf
- store on a wharf
- discharge at a wharf
- store on a wharf
- discharge at a wharf
wharf the passengers
- come into or dock at a wharf (syn: berth, moor)the big ship wharfed in the evening
- moor at a wharfThe ship was wharfed
Extra examples
...tied the rowboat up at the wharf...
The ship was tied up at a wharf.
The ship was wharfed.
The ship was wharfed
The wharf is built with piles and strongly waled.
There was less than a foot's clearance between the ship's sides and the wharf.
On seeing me, Maurice changed direction and went along the wharf instead.
Word forms
noun
singular: wharf
plural: wharves
singular: wharf
plural: wharves
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