NOUN | artifact | wharf, pier, wharfage, dock | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles |
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VERB | possession | wharf | provide with a wharf |
possession | wharf | store on a wharf | |
contact | wharf | discharge at a wharf | |
contact | wharf, moor, berth | come into or dock at a wharf | |
contact | wharf | moor at a wharf |
Sounds | hhwao'rf; wao'rf | |
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Rhymes | allomorph ... polymorph: 6 rhymes with aorf... |
Meaning | A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats. | |
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Synonyms | pier, wharfage, dock | |
Parts | bollard, bitt | A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) |
shipside | The part of a wharf that is next to a ship | |
Narrower | levee | A pier that provides a landing place on a river |
quay | wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline | |
Broader | platform | A raised horizontal surface |
Spanish | descargadero, desembarcadero, embarcadero, malecón, muellaje, muelle | |
Catalan | desembarcador, moll, port | |
Verbs | wharf | moor at a wharf |
wharf | discharge at a wharf | |
wharf | come into or dock at a wharf | |
wharf | store on a wharf | |
wharf | provide with a wharf |
Meaning | Provide with a wharf. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Wharf the mouth of the river" | |
Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
Spanish | construir un desembarcadero | |
Nouns | wharf, wharfage | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles |
Meaning | store on a wharf. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Wharf the merchandise" | |
Broader | store | Find a place for and put away for storage |
Nouns | wharf | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles |
Meaning | Discharge at a wharf. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "wharf the passengers" | |
Broader | drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge | Leave or unload |
Nouns | wharf | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles |
Meaning | Come into or dock at a wharf. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "the big ship wharfed in the evening" | |
Synonyms | moor, berth | |
Broader | dock | Come into dock |
Spanish | amarrar, atracar, atraque, fondear | |
Catalan | atracar | |
Nouns | wharf | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles |
Meaning | moor at a wharf. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The ship was wharfed" | |
Broader | moor, berth, tie up | Secure in or as if in a berth or dock |
Spanish | fondear | |
Nouns | wharf | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles |
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