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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pier |
| Synonyms: | barrier, breakwater, dock, groin, landing, quay, seawall, slip, wharf |
| Main Entry: | cape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promontory into water |
| Synonyms: | arm, beak, bill, chersonese, finger, foreland, head, headland, jetty, jutty, mole, naze, neck, ness, peninsula, point, tongue |
| Main Entry: | dock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterfront |
| Synonyms: | berth, embarkment, harbor, jetty, landing, landing pier, levee, lock, marina, pier, quay, slip, wharf |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for storing boats in the water |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, dock, embankment, firth, gulf, haven, inlet, jetty, landing, mooring, pier, port, road, roadstead, wharf |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Main Entry: | landing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harbor |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, berth, dock, jetty, landing place, marina, pier, platform, quay, slip, wharf |
| Main Entry: | pier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support; place for boats |
| Synonyms: | berth, buttress, column, dam, dock, jetty, landing, levee, mole, pierage, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, post, promenade, quay, slip, upright, wharf |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
| Main Entry: | promontory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headland |
| Synonyms: | bluff, cape, cheronese, foreland, jetty, jutty, peninsula, point, ridge |
| Main Entry: | wharf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boat storage |
| Synonyms: | berth, breakwater, dock, jetty, landing, landing stage, levee, pier, quay, slip |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
| Main Entry: | quay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dock |
| Synonyms: | berth, jetty, key, landing, levee, slip, wharf |
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