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Synonyms for wharf

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hwawrf, wawrf
Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɔrf, wɔrf

Définition of wharf

Origin :
  • late Old English hwearf "shore, bank where ships can tie up," earlier "dam, embankment," from Proto-Germanic *khwarfaz (cf. Middle Low German werf "mole, dam, wharf," German Werft "shipyard, dockyard"); related to Old English hwearfian "to turn," perhaps in a sense implying "busy activity," from PIE root *kwerp- "to turn, revolve" (cf. Old Norse hverfa "to turn round," German werben "to enlist, solicit, court, woo," Gothic hvairban "to wander," Greek kartos "wrist," Sanskrit surpam "winnowing fan"). Wharf rat "person who hangs around docks" is recorded from 1836.
  • noun boat storage
Example sentences :
  • "Looks as if there were something doing there," said Percival, as they drove off the wharf.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • There was no wharf, and it was always necessary to get ashore through a surf.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We all went ashore in this canoe, then, and were soon alongside of a wharf.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • When we got back to Charleston, our ship lay at her own wharf, and I saw nothing of my chap.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Two of them bore a small chest which they set down on the wharf.
  • Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • The wharf is naturally the first point of interest to new-comers.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Down the wharf he walked, joyfully, as one who greets an old friend.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He was followed by the wharf watchman, who looked frightened.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • All at once that hired man runs to the end of the wharf and calls after us.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He was standing at the shore end of the wharf, gazing up at the lighted windows.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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