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Wharfage

The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.

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Fee 76% connected

property; possession; tenure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Platform 76% connected

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

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Levee 76% connected

The act of rising.

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Quay 76% connected

A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wharf 74% connected

A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually ex…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wharf 74% connected

A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually ex…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bitt 70% connected

See Bitts.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Bollard 70% connected

An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.

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Dock 92% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pier 92% connected

Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quayage 92% connected

Wharfage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wharf 92% connected

A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually ex…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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