Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.
- noun Obsolete A shore or riverbank.
- intransitive verb To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.
- intransitive verb To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.
- intransitive verb To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.
- intransitive verb To berth at a wharf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To guard or secure by a wharf or firm wall of timber or stone.
- To place or lodge on a wharf.
- noun A platform of timber, stone, or other material built on a support at the margin of a harbor or a navigable stream, in order that vessels may be moored alongside, as for loading or unloading, or while at rest.
- noun The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
- transitive verb To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
- noun A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
- noun obsolete The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
- noun [U. S.] a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless.
- noun (Zoöl.), [Slang] A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A man-made landing place for ships on a
shore or river bank.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb discharge at a wharf
- verb provide with a wharf
- verb moor at a wharf
- verb store on a wharf
- verb come into or dock at a wharf
- noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I don't remember seeing del's recommendation of Alioto's but the wharf is big and we mostly stuck to pier 39.
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If you make to san fran (hwy 101); fisherman's wharf is a must stop for good eats.
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Granted, gentrification has improved much of the burg, but be that as it may, whether the locals like it or not, Fisherman's wharf is an essential tourist trap.
Eric Lurio: Essential Tourist Traps, Part Four: Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco (PHOTOS) Eric Lurio 2010
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Granted, gentrification has improved much of the burg, but be that as it may, whether the locals like it or not, Fisherman's wharf is an essential tourist trap.
Eric Lurio: Essential Tourist Traps, Part Four: Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco (PHOTOS) Eric Lurio 2010
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I don't remember seeing del's recommendation of Alioto's but the wharf is big and we mostly stuck to pier 39.
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If you make to san fran (hwy 101); fisherman's wharf is a must stop for good eats.
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There is no quay, the canoe must act gondola; the wharf is a mere platform with steps, and in places the filthy drains are not dry even at this season.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The wharf was a few blocks down on their right; Dannors flat was to the left, past the tavern and over the footbridge.
A CALL TO DARKNESS MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN 2000
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Then he opens a little shop on his own on Griffin's wharf or near Griffin's wharf, which is the place where the Tea Party took place.
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory & the American Revolution 1999
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Once the timberyard and the adjacent garden centre closed the only activity on the wharf was the boat dwellers coming home, and they knew better than to poke around in the alleys.
A Taste for Burning Bannister, Jo 1995
100001016886860 commented on the word wharf
Long platform built over water/ sentence- boats sailed up to the wharf and the passengers got off. (Newbury House Dictionary)
September 25, 2010
100000232338334 commented on the word wharf
"...Alcide Herveaux looked plenty tough. He was big as a boulder, with biceps that I could do pull-ups on. He would have to shave a second time if he planned on going out in the evening. He would fit right in on a construction site or a wharf." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris
February 5, 2011
jodi commented on the word wharf
July 16, 2016