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

[ Syn: pier , wharfage , dock ]

provide with a wharf; Wharf the mouth of the river'

store on a wharf; Wharf the merchandise'

discharge at a wharf; wharf the passengers'

come into or dock at a wharf; the big ship wharfed in the evening

[ Syn: moor , berth ]

moor at a wharf; The ship was wharfed'