WHARF
What does "WHARF" mean?
A structure built along the water where ships dock to load and unload.
Meanings
- A platform built along or out from a shore where ships moor to take on or discharge cargo. Crates of fish were stacked along the wharf at dawn.
- To moor or store goods at a wharf. They wharfed the timber until the next freighter arrived. technical
Did you know?
- 'Wharf' is one of the rare English nouns with two equally correct plurals - you can dock at the 'wharves' or at the 'wharfs.'
Word origin
From Old English 'hwearf', meaning a bank, shore, or dam, related to the verb 'hweorfan' (to turn); the plural can be either 'wharves' or 'wharfs'.
Remember it
WHARF: 'Where Heavy Anchored Rigs Float' - the F is for the freighter tied up alongside.
A little poem
Planks dark with old salt -
the sea comes and goes, the wood
learns to stand and wait.
haiku
What it teaches
The strongest structures are the ones built to meet the tide halfway, not to hold it back.
Quick facts
What does WHARF mean?
A structure built along the water where ships dock to load and unload.
Is WHARF a valid word?
Yes — WHARF is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WHARF?
WHARF has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WHARF come from?
From Old English 'hwearf', meaning a bank, shore, or dam, related to the verb 'hweorfan' (to turn); the plural can be either 'wharves' or 'wharfs'.
What can WHARF teach us?
The strongest structures are the ones built to meet the tide halfway, not to hold it back.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.