wharf: Meaning and Definition of

wharf

1. a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
1. a riverbank.
2. the shore of the sea.

1. to provide with a wharf or wharves.
2. to place or store on a wharf: The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
3. to accommodate at or bring to a wharf: The new structure will wharf several vessels.

1. to tie up at a wharf; dock: The ship wharfed in the early morning.