Plural of wharf
irregular plural
The plural of wharf is wharves or wharfs.
Forms of wharf
| Singular | wharf /ˈwɔːf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wharves /(h)wɔː(ɹ)vz/ wharfs /wɔɹfs/ |
| Countable | countable |
Wharves and wharfs in a sentence
- The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.1976, Robert Rézette, The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco, page 62. From the entry spanish
- Boston's laborers and seamen crowded into tiny wooden two-family houses or “bachelor's halls,” many of which were located near the wharves.2007, Benjamin L. Carp, Rebels Rising: Cities and the American Revolution. From the entry bachelor's hall
- It is 36 feet deep at the entrance, with a minimum of 23 feet at low tide at the wharves.1946, Tsai-yu Hsiao, Epidemiology of the Diseases of Naval Importance in Manchuria, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, →OCLC, page iv. From the entry Ta-lien
- Along the grass-grown wharves,—silver-gray piles which crumbled at the ends into a jackstraw heap of rotting logs,—there was no human stir.1906 October, Henry Milner Rideout, “Captain Christy”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 98, number 4, page 452. From the entry jackstraw
- One night, soon after the battle of the Coral Sea, the US transport ship Shenandoah steamed up the Brisbane River to the wharves at Hamilton.2000, David Crookes, Someday Soon, unnumbered page. From the entry wharfie
Meaning of wharf
- noun An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
- noun Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.
- verb To secure by a wharf.
Nouns ending in -f: plural -ves
Questions about the plural of wharf
- What is the plural of wharf?
- The plural of wharf is wharves or wharfs.
- Which is correct, wharves or wharfs?
- Both are used. wharves is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is wharf countable?
- Wharf is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wharf (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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