wharf

/wɔrf/

/hwɔrf/

/wɑf/

Other forms: wharves; wharfs; wharfing; wharfed

A wharf is a platform built on the shore that extends over the surface of the water. On the wharf, you saw people preparing to set sail.

A wharf provides access for ships and boats, that can pull up and dock alongside it. In fact, wharfs are also called docks or piers. Wharfs are made of wood and act like sidewalks, making it easy to people, cargo and supplies to enter and leave a boat. As a verb, wharf means "to moor," or tie the boat to the wharf and drop an anchor, or "to be given a place at the wharf."

Definitions of wharf

1. noun

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
   synonyms: dock, pier, wharfage

   types:

   levee

   a pier that provides a landing place on a river

   quay

   wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

   type of:

   platform

   a raised horizontal surface
2. verb

   come into or dock at a wharf
   “the big ship wharfed in the evening”

   synonyms: berth, moor

   type of:

   dock

   come into dock
3. verb

   moor at a wharf
   “The ship was wharfed”

   type of:

   berth, moor, tie up

   secure in or as if in a berth or dock
4. verb

   discharge at a wharf
   “wharf the passengers”

   type of:

   discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload

   leave or unload
5. verb

   store on a wharf
   “Wharf the merchandise”

   type of:

   store

   find a place for and put away for storage
6. verb

   provide with a wharf
   “Wharf the mouth of the river”

   type of:

   furnish, provide, render, supply

   give something useful or necessary to