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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wharf /hwɔrf, wɔrf/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. wharves /hwɔrvz, wɔrvz/USA pronunciation , wharfs. - Nautical, Naval Termsa large dock or similar structure next to which ships are attached at shore to load or unload.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wharf (hwôrf, wôrf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. wharves (hwôrvz, wôrvz),USA pronunciation wharfs, v. n. - Nauticala structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest;
quay;
pier. - Nautical[Obs.]
- a riverbank.
- the shore of the sea.
v.t. - Nauticalto provide with a wharf or wharves.
- Nauticalto place or store on a wharf:The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
- Nauticalto accommodate at or bring to a wharf:The new structure will wharf several vessels.
v.i. - Nauticalto tie up at a wharf;
dock:The ship wharfed in the early morning.
- bef. 1050; Middle English (noun, nominal); Old English hwearf embankment; cognate with Middle Low German warf; akin to German Werf pier
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wharf /wɔːf/ n ( pl wharves /wɔːvz/, wharfs)- a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships
vb (transitive)- to moor or dock at a wharf
- to store or unload on a wharf
Etymology: Old English hwearf heap; related to Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb a turn, Old Norse hvarf circle |