Added 9 October 2026
wharf
/ˈwɔːf/ noun
In Latin: navalia Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wharf at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
verb
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Provide with a wharf.
Wharf the mouth of the river
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Store on a wharf.
Wharf the merchandise
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Discharge at a wharf.
wharf the passengers
Origin
From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
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