Definition of WHARF

wharf

Meanings

Plural: wharfs, wharves

Noun

  • a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
  • An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
  • The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

Verb

  • provide with a wharf
    • "Wharf the mouth of the river"
  • store on a wharf
    • "Wharf the merchandise"
  • discharge at a wharf
    • "wharf the passengers"
  • come into or dock at a wharf
    • "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
  • moor at a wharf
    • "The ship was wharfed"
  • To secure by a wharf.
  • To place on a wharf.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną
Proto-West Germanic *hwerban
Old English hweorfan
Middle English wharf
English wharf
From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

Synonyms

berth, dock, moor, pier, quay, wharfage

Scrabble Score: 14

wharf is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wharf is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wharf is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

wharf is a valid Words With Friends word