Synonyms for wharf
ʰwɔrf, wɔrfwharf

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1. wharfnoun

   Synonyms:
   staithe, pier, jetty, quay, staith

2. wharfnoun

   A man-made landing place jutting out to sea or by a river; mole, pier, or quay

   Synonyms:
   staith, staithe, quay, jetty, pier

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. pier, wharf, wharfage, dockverb

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, dock, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, quayage, bobtail

2. wharfverb

   provide with a wharf

   "Wharf the mouth of the river"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

3. wharfverb

   store on a wharf

   "Wharf the merchandise"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

4. wharfverb

   discharge at a wharf

   "wharf the passengers"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

5. moor, berth, wharfverb

   come into or dock at a wharf

   "the big ship wharfed in the evening"

   Synonyms:
   moor, tie up, berth

6. wharfverb

   moor at a wharf

   "The ship was wharfed"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

Matched Categories

1. • Moor
   • Provide
   • Store
   • Unload

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wharfnoun

   Synonyms:
   quay

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1. wharfnoun

   Synonyms:
   pier, quay, dock, jetty

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "wharf":

   dock, quai, pier, quay, berth, dockside, jetty, platform, warf

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How to use wharf in a sentence?

1. Gina Rinehart:

   This is a truly momentous occasion as we receive the first vessel alongside the Roy Hill wharf and the first of our high grade product is loaded for the steel mills of Asia.

2. Chevron Philippines Inc:

   The leaked product has been recovered from sea and the wharf platform, which is estimated to be less than 300 litres.

3. Airplane:

   Ted Striker It was a rough place - the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It's worse than Detroit.

4. Special Police Officer Alan Byard:

   It’s out of control. We have people that are doing this – are breaking into cars in Nob Hill, then they go down to Fisherman’s Wharf, then they come out here. Then they go to another part of the city and the police can’t chase the cars, it’s considered a misdemeanor.

5. Sarah Bates:

   Salmon is my livelihood. It’s my main fishery, and it’s the main fishery for a lot of folks in Fisherman’s Wharf. So, I think there are a lot of us that have some hard times coming.