Thesaurus results for WHARVES

wharves

noun

variants also wharfs

plural of wharf

as in docks

a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers tied the rowboat up at the wharf

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Recent Examples of wharves The wharves and warehouses along Pratt Street burned fiercely. — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026 Vanuatu has received large loans and aid from China for buildings, wharves and other infrastructure. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 His plantations spanned nearly 7,000 acres near the Cooper River, which led to Charleston’s bustling wharves and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 16 June 2023 Maybe wind your way around the neighborhood’s old wharfs and small brick houses; or lock up your bike and check out an exhibition at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, then grab lunch at the kitschy crab shack Brooklyn Crab. — Francesca Carington, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024 In San Isidro, a movement was born Castillo and Otero grew up in San Isidro, a working class, hardscrabble neighborhood abutting the wharfs near the Port of Havana, and became friends – one a rapper, the other a visual artist. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 13 May 2026

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Noun

The development includes boat access, docks and community gathering spaces.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
That is the piece that could change how loading docks operate.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of docks

Noun

Anglers of all experience levels crowd fishing piers, line jetties, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder below the spillways just to wet a line.

— Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
Safety tips Rip currents form after a wave crashes on shore and encounters an obstacle in the beach's topography, including low spots in sand bars and around piers.

— Ash-har Quraishi, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of piers

Noun

Wine is embedded in the city’s architecture, history and daily life, from grand 18th-century façades to the bustling quays of the Garonne.

— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
According to Vantor, the image shows the construction of a dry dock and new quays and piers at one of China’s most strategically important bases.

— Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025

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