wharves (noun)
1wharves — /wɔvz/ (say wawvz) plural noun 1. plural of wharf. 2. plural of wharve …
2wharf rat — noun 1. someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses • Hypernyms: ↑sneak thief, ↑pilferer, ↑snitcher 2. brown rat that infests wharves • Hypernyms: ↑brown rat, ↑Norway rat, ↑Rattus …
3Teredinidae — noun shipworms • Syn: ↑family Teredinidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia …
4wharf — noun (plural wharves; also wharfs) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwearf embankment, wharf; akin to Old English hweorfan to turn, Old High German hwerban, Greek karpos wrist Date: before 12th century 1. a structure built along or at… …
5wharfage — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the provision or the use of a wharf b. the handling or stowing of goods on a wharf 2. the charge for the use of a wharf 3. the wharf accommodations of a place ; wharves …
6dock — Noun: In common parlance, a wharf or pier. Technically, the space between wharves; a slip. Boston v Lecraw (US) 17 How 426, 15 L Ed 118. An artificial basin in connection with a harbor, used for the reception of vessels in the taking on or… …
7dock-walloper — noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port • Syn: ↑stevedore, ↑loader, ↑longshoreman, ↑docker, ↑dockhand, ↑dock worker, ↑dockworker, ↑lumper …
8Podocarpus totara — noun valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves • Syn: ↑totara • Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Podocarpus, ↑genus Podocarpus …
9totara — noun valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves • Syn: ↑Podocarpus totara • Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Podocarpus, ↑genus Podocarpus …
10bulkhead line — noun : a line marking the limit to which piers or wharves may project along a waterfront …
