wharf

v. tie up at dock; store cargo at dock; provide with a wharf for docking boats

n. dock, place where boats can be be tied up and load or unload cargo; bank, beach (Archaic)

This page is about the waterfront structure. For other uses see wharf (disambiguation). . A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload.A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, where ships are loaded and unloaded. They often serve as interim storage areas with warehouses, since the typical objective is to unload and reload vessels as quickly as possible. Where capacity is sufficient a single quay constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity many wharfs will instead be constructed projecting into the water, as with the well known collection of wharfs in San Francisco. A pier, raised over the water rather than within it, is one type of wharf, commonly used for cases where the weight or volume of cargos will be low.
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Noun
1. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
(synonym) pier, wharfage, dock
(hypernym) platform
(hyponym) quay
(part-meronym) bollard, bitt
Verb
1. provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) pier, wharfage, dock
2. store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise"
(hypernym) store
(derivation) pier, wharfage, dock
3. discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers"
(hypernym) drop, set down, put down, unload, discharge
(derivation) pier, wharfage, dock
4. come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
(synonym) moor, berth
(hypernym) dock
(derivation) pier, wharfage, dock
5. moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed"
(hypernym) moor, berth, tie up
(derivation) pier, wharfage, dock

(v. t.)
To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
  

(v. t.)
To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
  

(n.)
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
  

(n.)
A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
  

A landing place where vessels may tie up for loading and unloading of cargo. (TNDOT1)

A general term for any structure at which vessels berth or tie-up. The term is also used specifically for a berthing structure of open piling construction, aligned parallel with the shoreline, and referred to as a marginal wharf. (MARAD1)

See also Dock, Marina, Pier.