wharves
/(h)wɔː(ɹ)vz/
wharves is the plural of wharf.
Meaning of wharf
Noun
wharf (plural wharves or wharfs)
- An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
- Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC
- Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.
- the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharfc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
Forms of wharves
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Phrases with wharves
Questions about wharves
- What is wharves the plural of?
- Wharves is the plural of wharf.
- How do you pronounce wharves?
- Wharves is pronounced /(h)wɔː(ɹ)vz/.
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