Definition of quay
: a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
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Examples of quay in a Sentence
docked the ferry at the quay to let the passengers off
Recent Examples of quay from the Web
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Order a jar of olives and stay a while, or continue a wine pilgrimage to the under-a-bridge locale of Rosforth & Rosforth, an influential wine importer that hosts weekly tastings and summertime pop-ups on the quay.
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There was Bruce, standing on the quay in glo-yellow Crocs, next to Lee Marie: 57 feet long, not quite 7 feet wide, its boxy superstructure as shiny-black as a mobster’s coffin.
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Water lapped the underside of historic bridges and engulfed cobblestone quays, where tree tops and lampposts now poke out of the brown, swirling Seine.
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The first is Thonis-Heracleion, which in the eighth century B.C. was a huge port complex, incorporating an array of canals, quays and sandbars.
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Leisure boats are moored along the quay of the Yonne River, which is lined with three-star hotels and open-air brasseries.
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When a sea breeze carries the scent of this huddled mass ashore, the Red Cross workers on the quay recoil.
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But a bicycle path, inaugurated in 2005, brought Roman cyclists and runners back to the quays.
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Rivers swollen by France's heaviest rains in 50 years have engulfed romantic quays in Paris, swallowed up gardens and roads, halted riverboat cruises - and raised concerns about climate change.
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QUAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of quay for English Language Learners
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: a structure built on the land next to a river, lake, or ocean that is used as a place for boats to stop for loading and unloading freight and passengers
QUAY Defined for Kids
noun
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Definition of quay for Students
: a structure built along the bank of a waterway (as a river) for use as a landing for loading and unloading boats
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