Wharf

Noun

 * 1) A man-made landing place jutting out to sea or by a river; mole, pier, or quay

Synonyms

 * jetty
 * pier
 * quay
 * staithe, staith

Derived terms

 * wharfage
 * wharfie
 * wharf rat
 * wharfinger

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, quay, road, roads, roadstead, seaport, seawall, shipyard, slip

Etymology
< hwearf:; related to Old English hweorfan:, Old Saxon hwarf:, Old High German hwarb:, hwerban:, Old Norse hvarf:, Greek καρπός:.

The fact that wharves often have warehouses next to them for storing offloaded goods has led to the popular etymology that ‘wharf’ is an acronym of 'warehouse at river front'; however this is incorrect.

Translations

 * Arabic: رصيف
 * Bulgarian: пристан, кей
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 波止場,, 桟橋
 * Korean: 선창 (先唱)
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, причал
 * Scottish Gaelic: laimrig
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: bến tàu

Etymology
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