wharves (noun)
11shore cover — noun : an extension of the coverage under a marine insurance policy to include risks to goods while in the custody of land transportation companies or while located at docks, wharves, or piers …
12wharf borer — noun : a small wood boring beetle (Nacerda melanura) of the family Oedemeridae that is destructive to piling and wood under wharves, buildings near the water, and sometimes telegraph poles …
13wharf monkey — noun : a terrestrial isopod of the genus Ligia common about wharves along the coasts of most warm countries …
14wood crab — noun : an amphibious crab (Sesarma cinereum) that resembles the related fiddler crabs and lives on or about wharves or sometimes in mangrove swamps along the Atlantic coast of tropical America …
15The Bund — (zh stp|s=外滩|t=外灘|p=Wàitān) is an area of Huangpu District in Shanghai, People s Republic of China. The area centres on a section of Zhongshan Road (East 1 Zhongshan Road) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the… …
16dock — I. /dɒk / (say dok) noun 1. a wharf. 2. the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port. 3. such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc. 4. → dry dock. 5. a semi… …
17Singapore — Singaporean, n., adj. /sing geuh pawr , pohr , sing euh /, n. 1. an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula. 2. an independent republic comprising this island and a few adjacent islets: member of the Commonwealth… …
18wharf — [wɔːf ǁ wɔːrf] noun wharves PLURALFORM [wɔːvz ǁ wɔːrvz] [countable] TRANSPORT the place where a ship can stop and unload goods; = DOCK: • The whole wharf area has been extensively renovated. * * * UK US …
19Rockhampton — /rɒkˈhæmptən/ (say rok hamptuhn) noun the principal city of central Qld, on the Fitzroy River, about 60 km from the coast. Rockhampton lies in territory traditionally inhabited by the Darumbal people. Charles and William Archer, with other… …
20wharf — /wɔf / (say wawf) noun (plural wharves or wharfs) 1. a structure built on the shore of, or projecting out into, a harbour, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; a quay; a pier. 2. Obsolete a… …
