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wharves

wharves
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hwawrvz, wawrvz]
    • /ʰwɔrvz, wɔrvz/
    • /wɔːf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwawrvz, wawrvz]
    • /ʰwɔrvz, wɔrvz/

Definitions of wharves word

  • noun wharves Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley. 1
  • noun plural wharves 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 wharves Obsolete. a riverbank. the shore of the sea. 1
  • verb with object wharves to provide with a wharf or wharves. 1
  • verb with object wharves to place or store on a wharf: The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo. 1
  • verb with object wharves to accommodate at or bring to a wharf: The new structure will wharf several vessels. 1
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Origin of wharves

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 Wharves

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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wharves popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for wharves

noun wharves

  • anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
  • dockyards — Plural form of dockyard.
  • firths — Plural form of firth.
  • hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
  • harbors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harbor.
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Related words

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • wharf rat

    a large brown rat that is commonly found on wharves.

  • wharfage

    the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.

  • boatslip

    a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.

  • boom

    If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
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