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Meaning of wharf

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  wharf
      n 1: a platform built out from the shore into the water and
           supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
           [syn: {pier}, {wharf}, {wharfage}, {dock}]
      v 1: provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"
      2: store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise"
      3: discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers"
      4: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the
         evening" [syn: {moor}, {berth}, {wharf}]
      5: moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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