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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈ^hwɔː^rf/, /ˈwɔː^rf/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hwɔrf, wɔrf/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hwôrf, wôrf )

Inflections of 'wharf' (n):

wharves: npl

wharfs: npl

wharf /hwɔrf, wɔrf/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. wharves /hwɔrvz, wɔrvz/USA pronunciation , wharfs.

Nautical, Naval Termsa large dock or similar structure next to which ships are attached at shore to load or unload.

wharf (hwôrf, wôrf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. wharves (hwôrvz, wôrvz),USA pronunciation wharfs, v.
n.

Nauticala 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.
Nautical[Obs.]
- a riverbank.
- the shore of the sea.

v.t.

Nauticalto provide with a wharf or wharves.
Nauticalto place or store on a wharf:The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
Nauticalto accommodate at or bring to a wharf:The new structure will wharf several vessels.

v.i.

Nauticalto tie up at a wharf;
dock:The ship wharfed in the early morning.

bef. 1050; Middle English (noun, nominal); Old English hwearf embankment; cognate with Middle Low German warf; akin to German Werf pier

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

wharf /wɔːf/ n ( pl wharves /wɔːvz/, )

a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships
an obsolete word for shore¹

vb (transitive)

to moor or dock at a wharf
to store or unload on a wharf

Etymology: Old English hwearf heap; related to Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb a turn, Old Norse hvarf circle

'wharf' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Billingsgate - bollard - dock - Dogs - quay - seagull - tally clerk - watersider - wharfage - wharfie - wharfinger - berth - breast - chock - draw - embarcadero - float - jetty - landing stage - pierhead - roustabout - rummage sale - transit shed - waterfront - wharf rat - wharf shed - wharves - whf.

In Lists: Nautical terms, more...

Synonyms: boat landing, quay, pier, dock, mole, more...

Collocations: a [busy, declining, modern] wharf, meet down by the wharf, [loaded, unloaded, docked] at the wharf, more...

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