wharf

Noun
  1. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles;
    Provides access to ships and boats (synset 103939805)
    is a type of: platform - a raised horizontal surface
    subtypes:
    • levee - a pier that provides a landing place on a river
    • quay - wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
    has:
    • bitt, bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
    • shipside - the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
    same as: dock, pier, wharfage
Verb
  1. Provide with a wharf (synset 202336171)
    "Wharf the mouth of the river"
    is a type of: furnish, provide, render, supply - give something useful or necessary to
  2. Store on a wharf (synset 202286805)
    "Wharf the merchandise"
    is a type of: store - find a place for and put away for storage
  3. Discharge at a wharf (synset 201492391)
    "wharf the passengers"
    is a type of: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload - remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
  4. Come into or dock at a wharf (synset 201308021)
    "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
    is a type of: dock - come into dock
    same as: berth, moor
  5. Moor at a wharf (synset 201307901)
    "The ship was wharfed"
    is a type of: berth, moor, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock

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