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wharf
English
Etymology
From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek ?????? (karpós, “wrist”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: wôrf, IPA(key): /w??f/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wôf, IPA(key): /w??f/
- (without the wine–whine merger) enPR: hwôrf, IPA(key): /hw??f/.
- In New Zealand, even those who distinguish wine and whine are likely to pronounce as /w??f/.
- Rhymes: -??(?)f
Noun
wharf (plural wharves or wharfs)
- A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott
- Out upon the wharfs they came, / Knight and burgher, lord and dame.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
Synonyms
- (landing place): dock; quay
Hyponyms
- (landing place): jetty; pier; staithe, staith (Northern England)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
wharf (third-person singular simple present wharfs, present participle wharfing, simple past and past participle wharfed)
- (transitive) To secure by a wharf.
- (transitive) To place on a wharf.
See also
- dock
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wherf, wharfe, warrf, wharghfe
Etymology
From Old English hwearf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?arf/
Noun
wharf (plural wharves)
- wharf
Derived terms
- wharfage
Descendants
- English: wharf
- Scots: wharf
References
- “wharf, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-12.
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breastfast
English
Etymology
breast +? fast
Noun
breastfast (plural breastfasts)
- (nautical) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf or to another vessel.
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