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
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The base includes six wharves—each approximately 755 feet long—capable of accommodating up to 12 submarines.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Past the Heritage Project buildings the road curves around to the right and down to the ferry wharf.
—Robert Finch
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Three workers inspecting the wharf fell into the choppy ocean waves as the end of the wharf broke in two.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
At the ferry wharf the road splits three ways: the left road takes me to the eastern part of the town, known as Hollett’s Cove; straight ahead is the highway to Eastport, the nearest town of any size, paved only a few years before.
—Robert Finch
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Past the Heritage Project buildings the road curves around to the right and down to the ferry wharf.
—Robert Finch
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Three workers inspecting the wharf fell into the choppy ocean waves as the end of the wharf broke in two.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
At the ferry wharf the road splits three ways: the left road takes me to the eastern part of the town, known as Hollett’s Cove; straight ahead is the highway to Eastport, the nearest town of any size, paved only a few years before.
—Robert Finch
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for wharf
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“Wharf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wharf. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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