wharf

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A ship unloading at a wharf.

noun

The definition of a wharf is a wood or stone structure built along the side of a water of body for ships to tie up against during loading.
An example of a wharf is a dock.

verb

Wharf is defined as to provide with or bring to a wood or stone structure at a body of water.
1. An example of wharf is to build a dock on a bay.
2. An example of whart is to unload passengers at a dock.

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wharf

noun

pl. wharves or wharfs

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
Obs. a bank at the water's edge; shore

Origin of wharf

Middle English from Old English hwerf, a dam or bank to keep out water, literally , a turning from base of hweorfan, to turn from Indo-European base an unverified form kwerp-, to turn from source Classical Greek karpos, wrist

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wharf

noun

pl. wharves, or wharfs

A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.
Obsolete A shore or riverbank.

verb

wharfed, wharf·ing, wharfs

verb

transitive

To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.
To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.
To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.

verb

intransitive

To berth at a wharf.

Origin of wharf

Middle English from Old English hwearf

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Noun

(plural wharves or wharfs)

A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

Hyponyms

(landing place): jetty; pier; staithe, staith (Northern England)

Origin

Middle English, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf"); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn"), Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn"), hwerban (“to turn"), Old Norse hvarf (“circle"), Greek ÎºÎ±ÏÏ€ÏŒÏ‚ (karpÃ³s, “wrist").

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