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wharf

UK/ˈwɔːf/ US/ˈwɔɹf/ uncommon obsolete
noun (1) verb (5)

noun

1.

a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

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verb

1.

provide with a wharf

  • “Wharf the mouth of the river”
2.

store on a wharf

  • “Wharf the merchandise”
3.

discharge at a wharf

  • “wharf the passengers”
4.

come into or dock at a wharf

  • “the big ship wharfed in the evening”
Synonyms
5.

moor at a wharf

  • “The ship was wharfed”

Origin

From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

Phrases

  • marginal wharfon
  • Red Wharf Bay
  • wharf borer
  • wharf crab
  • wharf rat
  • wharf roach

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