| NOUN | artifact | wharf, pier, wharfage, dock | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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