pier, wharf, wharfage, dock
(noun) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
wharfage, quayage
(noun) a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wharfage (countable and uncountable, plural wharfages)
A dock, quay, or pier.
Wharfs collectively.
A fee charged for using a wharf.
• (wharf usage fee): shorage, demurrage, cranage, tonnage, shippage
Source: Wiktionary
Wharf"age, n.
1. The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.
2. A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
