Quay

Noun

 * 1)  A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

Derived terms

 * quayside

Verb

 * 1) To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".

Thesaurus
anchorage, anchorage ground, basin, berth, breakwater, bulkhead, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, embankment, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, levee, marina, mole, moorings, pier, port, protected anchorage, road, roads, roadstead, seaport, seawall, shipyard, slip, wharf

Etymology
From cai, from  chai: (modern French: quai:).

Noun

 * Bulgarian: кей
 * Chinese: 碼頭, 码头
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Anlegestelle,
 * Greek: προκυμαία
 * Hebrew: מֶזַח
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 波止場


 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: кеј, пристаниште
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: molo, nabrzeże
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: пристаниште,,  мол,  кеј
 * Slovene: pomol
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: rıhtım, iskele
 * Welsh: cei

Verb
quay


 * 1) to turn, to revolve, to swivel
 * 2) to whirl, to reverse; to turn back

Derived terms

 * heo quay (roast pig)
 * vòng đu quay (Ferris wheel)