wharf
Example Sentences
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The crew blow-torched the fasteners and released the cables that held the crane to the ship, while workers on land laid temporary rails across the wharf.
It lurks in the halls of famed institutions and the parking lots of dreary, run-down wharfs.
From Salon
Boats can dock at wharfs, quays and piers protected by the reef's natural lagoon.
Authorities did not provide any detail about a potential cause for the incident or estimate on how fast the vehicle was traveling before it went off the edge of the wharf.
From Los Angeles Times
The port, with the help of federal and provincial funds, is spending 609 million Canadian dollars dredging the river and building new wharves.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
