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- [hwawrf, wawrf]
- /ʰwɔrf, wɔrf/
- /wɔːf/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hwawrf, wawrf]
- /ʰwɔrf, wɔrf/
Definitions of wharf word
- noun plural wharf a 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. 1
- noun plural wharf Obsolete. a riverbank. the shore of the sea. 1
- verb with object wharf to provide with a wharf or wharves. 1
- verb with object wharf to place or store on a wharf: The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo. 1
- verb with object wharf to accommodate at or bring to a wharf: The new structure will wharf several vessels. 1
- verb without object wharf to tie up at a wharf; dock: The ship wharfed in the early morning. 1
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Origin of wharf
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English (noun); Old English hwearf embankment; cognate with Middle Low German warf; akin to German Werf pier
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Parts of speech for Wharf
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wharf popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wharf usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wharf
noun wharf
- quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
- quayside — the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
- jetty — a pier or structure of stones, piles, or the like, projecting into the sea or other body of water to protect a harbor, deflect the current, etc.
- pier — a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
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