wharf

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload.
2. n. Obsolete A shore or riverbank.
3. v. To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.
4. v. To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.
5. v. To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.
6. v. To berth at a wharf.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A platform of timber, stone, or other material built on a support at the margin of a harbor or a navigable stream, in order that vessels may be moored alongside, as for loading or unloading, or while at rest. A wharf may be parallel with and contiguous to the margin, when it is more especially called a quay; or it may project away from it, with openings underneath for the flow of water, when it is distinctively called a pier. (See cuts under pilework.) In England wharves are of two kinds:
2. n. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
3. To guard or secure by a wharf or firm wall of timber or stone.
4. To place or lodge on a wharf.

Wiktionary

1. n. A man-made landing place jutting out to sea or by a river; mole, pier, or quay

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
2. n. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
3. v. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
4. v. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. discharge at a wharf
2. v. provide with a wharf
3. v. moor at a wharf
4. v. store on a wharf
5. v. come into or dock at a wharf
6. n. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats