plural wharves
ˈ(h)wȯrvz 
also wharfs
also wharfs
1
: a structure built along or at an angle from the shore of navigable waters so that ships may lie alongside to receive and discharge cargo and passengers
2
obsolete
: the bank of a river or the shore of the sea
Examples of wharf in a Sentence
tied the rowboat up at the wharf
Recent Examples on the Web
Another officer tried to stop the truck near the Municipal Wharf, but the driver instead drove onto the wharf at a high rate of speed, police said.
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Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
More officers arrived and began searching the wharf — and then heard yelling from the water.
—Bay City News, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
At the time, police were told that a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at the wharf.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Instead of Burkhard’s grand vision, Baltimore rebuilt the waterfront with wharves, docks and utilitarian warehouses.
—Fred Shoken, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
An ancient wharf and sacrificial pit In another area of the Tingshan site, experts identified the ruins of an ancient wharf, known as the Linshui Wharf.
—Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
The attack occurred off the wharf about 60 feet from a jetty, according to reports that cited residents who witnessed the incident.
—USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Police said they had been told the woman was swimming off the wharf when the shark attacked her.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
Maybe wind your way around the neighborhood’s old wharfs and small brick houses; or lock up your bike and check out an exhibition at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, then grab lunch at the kitschy crab shack Brooklyn Crab.
—Francesca Carington, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
More officers arrived and began searching the wharf — and then heard yelling from the water.
—Bay City News, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
At the time, police were told that a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at the wharf.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Instead of Burkhard’s grand vision, Baltimore rebuilt the waterfront with wharves, docks and utilitarian warehouses.
—Fred Shoken, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
An ancient wharf and sacrificial pit In another area of the Tingshan site, experts identified the ruins of an ancient wharf, known as the Linshui Wharf.
—Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
The attack occurred off the wharf about 60 feet from a jetty, according to reports that cited residents who witnessed the incident.
—USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Police said they had been told the woman was swimming off the wharf when the shark attacked her.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
Maybe wind your way around the neighborhood’s old wharfs and small brick houses; or lock up your bike and check out an exhibition at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, then grab lunch at the kitschy crab shack Brooklyn Crab.
—Francesca Carington, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Wharf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wharf. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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