Wharf

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 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. 1.2 Obsolete . 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to provide with a wharf or wharves. 2.2 to place or store on a wharf 2.3 to accommodate at or bring to a wharf 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to tie up at a wharf; dock 4 Synonyms 4.1 noun

Noun

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.

Obsolete .

a riverbank.

the shore of the sea.

Verb (used with object)

to provide with a wharf or wharves.

to place or store on a wharf

The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.

to accommodate at or bring to a wharf

The new structure will wharf several vessels.

Verb (used without object)

to tie up at a wharf; dock

The ship wharfed in the early morning.

Synonyms

noun

berth , breakwater , dock , jetty , landing , landing stage , levee , pier , quay , slipnotes:a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing , a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore , while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a \'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water\' , slip , waterfront