Meaning of wharf in English
(Definition of wharf from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of wharf from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
wharf | Business English
Examples of wharf
wharf
When petroleum was transported from distillery to wharf to schooner, spillage occurred.
From Huffington Post
The airport may be down; wharves may have fallen into the sea.
From NPR
The actors, wearing black hats and long coats, waved farewell before walking along a wharf toward the harbor.
From Reuters
Now the ferry engine rumbled, and then they backed away from the wharf.
From NPR
In the decade after the gold rush of 1849, the cove filled up with ships and wharfs and buildings built on piles.
From The Atlantic
It has the complexes of its canal: locks and wharves and dredgers.
From Huffington Post
He stops and asks a guy fishing on the wharf what day it is.
From Wired
The historic finger wharf has been turned into a luxury hotel and apartments, with some of the city's finest restaurants located within.
From CNN
The blaze left behind a tremendous amount of charred wood from the wharf that broke off during the fire, port officials said, and it will take weeks to clean.
From Los Angeles Times
They did not have an estimate of the cost of the damage and said they are many months from determining what will become of the wharf.
From Los Angeles Times
The port blaze left behind a tremendous amount of charred wood from the wharf that broke off during the fire, and it will take weeks to clean up.
From Los Angeles Times
Her hand flew to her mouth, then she looked around, but no one, either on the wharf or in the other cars, was looking at them.
From NPR
Scholars are loath to linger on beaches or wharves; nor do they climb into lighters or board ships.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The petition was resolved, again, in the gentry's favor, confirming—if not establishing—that shops and other structures at the wharf were the town's collective property.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The whole event was well organized, with transportation arrangements for visitors and students welcoming worshipers at wharves and stations.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
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波止場…
iskele, rıhtım…
quai…
moll…
werf…
kaj…
kaj, lastkaj…
dermaga…
der Kai…
kai, brygge…
пристань, причал…
верфь, причал…
رَصيف الميناء…
přístavní hráz…
dermaga…
ท่าเรือ…
cầu tầu…
nabrzeże, przystań…
부두…
banchina, molo…
