English Explanatory Dictionary

wharf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
  2. Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.
verb
  1. To secure by a wharf.
  2. To place on a wharf.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːf/ /ˈwɔɹf/ /ˈʍɔɹf/ en-us-wharf.ogg

Word forms

wharf wharves wharfs wharfing wharfed

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

dock quay

Derived words

Cams Wharf Canary Wharf government wharf marginal wharf Nords Wharf Red Wharf Bay wharfage wharf borer wharfie wharfinger wharfless wharf rat wharf roach
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