wharf

Meaning

Noun

1. A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
2. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

Verb

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

Synonyms

quay

pier

dock

jetty

platform

landing place

harbour

berth

port

bridge

landing

landing stage

quayside

moor

landing-stage

marina

anchorage

embankment

ferry

⛴️

harbor

haven

levee

moorage

wharfage

staithe

mole

pow

anchor

⚓

dockyard

seafront

sea port

shipyard

shore

station

🚉

table

tie up

track

water terminal

come alongside

breakwater

quay shipside

steep cliff

landingplace

petty

mooring

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɔːf/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Part of this terminal utilises Cairnryan Lighterage Wharf .