wharves

[hwawrvz, wawrvz]

noun

1. a plural of wharf.

Example Sentences

The port, with the help of federal and provincial funds, is spending 609 million Canadian dollars dredging the river and building new wharves.

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It was a place transformed, with railroads and wharves running at capacity.

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The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.

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A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel.

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“The waves came up under the wharves, picked them up and dropped them somewhere else,” Ms. Coombs said.

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• levee 
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