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Definition of "wharf" []
- A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload. (noun)
- Obsolete A shore or riverbank. (noun)
- To moor (a vessel) at a wharf. (verb-transitive)
- To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf. (verb-transitive)
- To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf. (verb-transitive)
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Use "wharf" in a sentence
- "Granted, gentrification has improved much of the burg, but be that as it may, whether the locals like it or not, Fisherman's wharf is an essential tourist trap."
- "If you make to san fran (hwy 101); fisherman's wharf is a must stop for good eats."
- "I don't remember seeing del's recommendation of Alioto's but the wharf is big and we mostly stuck to pier 39."