What does wharf mean?
Word: Wharf
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Wharf means a flat platform built along the edge of a river or the sea, where boats tie up to load and unload.
Synonyms: dock, jetty
How do you spell wharf?
Syllables: wharf
Tricky part: You cannot hear the h when you say this word, so many students leave it out and write warf. It comes straight after the w, as it does in whale.
Watch out for: warf, wharfe
Memory tip: Whales might swim close to a wharf, and the two words begin in exactly the same way.
Wharf in a sentence
Example 1: Crates of coconuts were stacked along the wharf at Kochi.
Example 2: A small ferry was waiting at the wharf when we reached the river.
Example 3: Workers on the wharf shouted to the crew as the rope came down.
Fun Fact
Canary Wharf, a business district in London, took its name from a dockside that once handled fruit shipped from the Canary Islands.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rwfah
a) wharf
b) wrath
c) scarf
d) whirl
Show answer
a) wharf. A glance at the jumble shows no s, t or i.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
wharf
a) rudder
b) cabin
c) cargo
d) quay
Show answer
d) quay. Both name a landing place for ships; the others are things carried on a ship or parts of it.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The fishing boats tied up at the old whorf beside the market.
a) whorf
b) market
c) fishing
d) boats
Show answer
a) whorf. The vowel sound is the one in door, but this word spells it with an a.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) ancher
b) lighthouse
c) harbour
d) wharf
Show answer
a) ancher. The heavy hook that holds a ship still is an anchor, and it ends in or.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A captain says, We tie up at the wharf at noon. Where will the ship be at noon?
a) right beside the land
b) far out in the open sea
c) sailing to another country
d) halfway across the bay
Show answer
a) right beside the land
2. What would you most likely see at a wharf?
a) a train waiting at a platform
b) cows grazing in a green field
c) sacks of rice lifted off a boat
d) pupils sitting a maths test
Show answer
c) sacks of rice lifted off a boat
