plural wharves
ˈ(h)wȯrvz 
also wharfs
also wharfs
1
: a structure built along or at an angle from the shore of navigable waters so that ships may lie alongside to receive and discharge cargo and passengers
2
obsolete
: the bank of a river or the shore of the sea
Examples of wharf in a Sentence
tied the rowboat up at the wharf
Recent Examples on the Web
The work of installing steel sheets along the wharf is done in sections, allowing SC Ports to accommodate three ships at the terminal for most of the spring.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 July 2024
This led to talk of wharf rats, New York City rats, black widows, brown recluses, and the redback spiders of Australia, but, as inevitably happens with elvermen, the conversation returned to eels.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
At one point, this wharf was the largest in America.
—Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 19 June 2024
In the beginning, there was the wharf, the rudimentary, workaday pier built to get goods from here to there.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 July 2024
This led to talk of wharf rats, New York City rats, black widows, brown recluses, and the redback spiders of Australia, but, as inevitably happens with elvermen, the conversation returned to eels.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
At one point, this wharf was the largest in America.
—Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 19 June 2024
In the beginning, there was the wharf, the rudimentary, workaday pier built to get goods from here to there.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for wharf
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“Wharf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wharf. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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