quay

[ kee, key, kwey ]

/ ki, keɪ, kweɪ /

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noun

a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.

OTHER WORDS FOR quay

pier, dock, landing, levee.

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Origin of quay

1690–1700; spelling variant (after French quai) of earlier kay (also key, whence the modern pronunciation) <Old French kay, cay; akin to Spanish cayo shoal. See key²

OTHER WORDS FROM quay

quaylike, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quay

cay, key, quay

Words nearby quay

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Other definitions for quay (2 of 2)

Quay

[ kwey ]

/ kweɪ /

noun

Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.

How to use quay in a sentence

As Chan’s co-presenter, Quay, put it in his presentation, which covered similar ground, no “innocent” virologist would commit such oversights.
They called it a conspiracy theory. But Alina Chan tweeted life into the idea that the virus came from a lab.|Antonio Regalado|June 25, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Steve Garth, who works in Circular Quay, was inside the Cartier jewelry store near the café when the siege began.
Jihadi Siege in Sydney Ends in Gunfight|Courtney Subramanian, Lennox Samuels, Chris Allbritton|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Mob ran wild, using the local Teamsters to run casinos in Las Vegas and bombing buildings along the River Quay.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On my last day but one I crossed to the Giudecca and ran into him on the quay.
My Biennale Favorites|Anthony Haden-Guest|June 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST

In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
It also authorised the construction and maintenance, as p. 150part of such railways, of any pier, quay or jetty.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
When Skipper Worse reached the market quay he met with a sad disappointment.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
In 1821 and the years following, one of them ran a little shop on the quay des Grands-Augustins, and purchased Lousteau's books.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
The destroyers were still coaling, and a small cargo was being taken off the boat at the quay.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for quay

quay

/ (kiː) /

noun

a wharf, typically one built parallel to the shorelineCompare pier (def. 1)

Word Origin for quay

C14 keye, from Old French kai, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish kē hedge, fence, Old Breton cai fence

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quay

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