wharf
noun
1. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Similar word(s): dock, pier, wharfage
Definition categories: man–made, platform
verb
1. provide with a wharf
- Wharf the mouth of the river
Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply
2. store on a wharf
- Wharf the merchandise
Definition categories: possession, store
3. discharge at a wharf
- wharf the passengers
Definition categories: contact, discharge, drop, unload
4. come into or dock at a wharf
- the big ship wharfed in the evening
Definition categories: contact, dock
5. moor at a wharf
- The ship was wharfed