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Wharf

/wˈɔrf/
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(noun) An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.

Once a month, there was a rave in the wharf's abandoned warehouse.
The wharf was always busy, even when the ships had yet to arrive.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The large cargo ship was docked at the ____ while the workers began to unload the many several heavy boxes today.

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