Sekirov Dictionary

wharf

UK /ˈwɔːf/US /ˈwɔɹf/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 4

noun2

•
An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
- Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea. — 1834
•
(no longer used) Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.
- the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf — 1599

verb2

To place on a wharf.
To secure by a wharf.

forms

wharfed · wharfing · wharfs · wharves

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