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A pier (jetty) is a structure perpendicular to the shore for ships that are loading and unloading. A wharf (quay) is built alongside the shore, or parallel, with the same application.

The terms pier and wharf are used in the US, but jetty and quay are used in the UK. In the US, the term jettyapplies to barrier structures built to establish a harbor or entrance to a waterway, as with a breakwater.

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What is a good sentence for the word wharf?

My ship has arrived at the wharf. The wharf is on the north side of the marina.


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What is a Antonym for quay?

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