embarcadero
noun
em·bar·ca·de·ro (ˌ)em-ˌbär-kə-ˈder-(ˌ)ō 
plural embarcaderos
Western US
: a landing place especially on an inland waterway
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Stop by the embarcadero to see whether a tour is departing, or reserve a private guide through a hotel concierge. 
Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 There was one other theme to Sunday’s races, which started near Spanish Landing, featured a hilly bike climb to Cabrillo National Monument and a run along the embarcadero to Seaport Village. San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2019
Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 There was one other theme to Sunday’s races, which started near Spanish Landing, featured a hilly bike climb to Cabrillo National Monument and a run along the embarcadero to Seaport Village. San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2019 Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from embarcado, past participle of embarcar to embark, from em- (from Latin in-) + barca bark, from Late Latin
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
embarcaderos
noun
as in docks
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- docks
- landings
- piers
- floats
- wharfages
- wharves
- quays
- jetties
- quayages
- levees
- quais
- wharfs
- marinas
- shipyards
- dockyards
- berths
- moorings
- slips
- poison fish
- poison flag
- poison flour
- poison flower
- poison gas
- poison hemlock
- poison ivy
- poison milkweed
- poison nut
- poison oak
- poison out
- poison parsnip
- poison pea
- poison pill
- poison rye grass
- poison sego
- poison spot
- poison sumac
- poison tobacco
- poison tree
- poison vetch
- poison vine
- poison-pen
- poison-pen letter
- poisonberries