wharf

1. 1.

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

   Synonymspierwharfagedock

   Broaderplatform

   Narrowerleveequay

   Partsbollardshipside

Other forms of wharf

plural

wharves

past tense

wharfed·

present participle

wharfing·

third person

wharfs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wharf

What does wharf mean?

wharf means "provide with a wharf". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wharf?

wharf has 1 syllable: wharf. In IPA it is /ˈwɔɹf/.

What is another word for wharf?

Close synonyms include moor, berth, pier, wharfage, dock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wharf a common word?

wharf is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.