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ALL meanings of wharf

wharf
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  • noun wharf A level quayside area to which a ship may be moored to load and unload. 1
  • 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
  • countable noun wharf A wharf is a platform by a river or the sea where ships can be tied up. 0
  • noun wharf 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 0
  • verb wharf to moor or dock at a wharf 0
  • verb wharf to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves 0
  • verb wharf to store or unload on a wharf 0
  • noun wharf a structure of wood or stone, sometimes roofed over, built at the shore of a harbor, river, etc. for ships to lie alongside, as during loading or unloading; pier; dock 0
  • noun wharf a bank at the water's edge; shore 0
  • verb transitive wharf to bring to a wharf; moor at a wharf 0
  • verb transitive wharf to unload or store on a wharf 0
  • verb transitive wharf to furnish with a wharf or wharves 0
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