wharf

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wharf /wɔːf $ wɔːrf/ noun (plural wharves /wɔːvz $ wɔːrvz/) [countable]  a structure that is built out into the water so that boats can stop next to it 码头

Examples from the Corpus

wharf• The oil spread to the plaintiff's wharf where welding was taking place.• For a minute or more he lived in the room above the wharf.• It was high tide and on the wharf the swing-bridge was open to allow a toy ship to enter the toy-town dry-dock.• The Don Eusebio crunched into the Zamboanga wharf at noon, four hours behind schedule.From Longman Business Dictionarywharfwharf /wɔːfwɔːrf/ noun (plural wharves /wɔːvzwɔːrvz/) [countable]TRANSPORT the place where a ship can stop and unload goodsSYN DOCKThe whole wharf area has been extensively renovated.Origin wharf Old English hwearf

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wharf
wharf /wɔːf $ wɔːrf/ noun (plural wharves /wɔːvz $ wɔːrvz/) [countable]a structure that is built out into the water so that boats can stop next to it

wharfBrE /wɔːf/ 🔊NAmE /wɔːrf/ 🔊 noun (

plural

wharves BrE /wɔːvz/ 🔊 NAmE /wɔːrvz/ 🔊 or

wharfs) a flat structure built beside the sea or a river where boats can be tied up and goods unloaded 码头