Wharf (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural wharves [wawrvz, hwawrvz], /wɔrvz, ʰwɔrvz/, wharfs.
  1. a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
  2. Obsolete.
    • a riverbank.
    • the shore of the sea.
verb (used with object)
  1. to provide with a wharf or wharves.
  2. to place or store on a wharf: The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
  3. to accommodate at or bring to a wharf: The new structure will wharf several vessels.
verb (used without object)
  1. to tie up at a wharf;dock: The ship wharfed in the early morning.
noun plural wharves (wɔːvz) or wharfs
  1. a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships
  2. the working area of a dock
  3. an obsolete word for shore 1
verb (tr)
  1. to moor or dock at a wharf
  2. to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves
  3. to store or unload on a wharf
Wharf (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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