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Definitions for Wharf

[1] a 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.
[2] Obsolete . a riverbank. the shore of the sea.
[3] to provide with a wharf or wharves.
[4] to place or store on a wharf: The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
[5] to accommodate at or bring to a wharf: The new structure will wharf several vessels.
[6] to tie up at a wharf; dock: The ship wharfed in the early morning.
[7] 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
[8] the wharves NZ the working area of a dock
[9] an obsolete word for shore 1
[10] to moor or dock at a wharf
[11] to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves
[12] to store or unload on a wharf

Words related to Wharf

dock, berth, pier, jetty, levee, breakwater, quay, slip, landing

Words nearby Wharf

whapping, whare, whare wananga, wharenui, wharepuni, wharf, wharf rat, wharf shed, wharfage, wharfie, wharfinger

Origin of Wharf

before 1050; Middle English (noun); Old English hwearf embankment; cognate with Middle Low German warf; akin to German Werf pier

Words that may be confused with Wharf

dock, harbor, pier, wharf

Word origin for Wharf

Old English hwearf heap; related to Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb a turn, Old Norse hvarf circle

Synonyms for Wharf

berth, dock, jetty, levee, pier, breakwater, landing, quay, slip, landing stage