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embarcadero

noun

Definition of embarcadero

West

as in wharf

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Recent Examples of embarcadero Stop by the embarcadero to see whether a tour is departing, or reserve a private guide through a hotel concierge. — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 There was one other theme to Sunday’s races, which started near Spanish Landing, featured a hilly bike climb to Cabrillo National Monument and a run along the embarcadero to Seaport Village. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2019

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Noun

But in 1820, Shippingport had about 600 residents, three wharves for steamboats, taverns and a flour mill.

— Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Aug. 2026
The redevelopment would change that by extending and upgrading existing wharves and dredging areas around the docks.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of wharf

Noun

Its auto-empty dock holds weeks of debris without manual intervention, while intelligent carpet detection automatically lifts the mop pad to keep rugs dry.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Captain Dixon says thankfully things were much calmer on Monday compared to Sunday, when there were constant Mayday calls from a man overboard to a sinking vessel — even an explosion at a dock nearby as a boat was refueling.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of dock

Noun

Boat houses, boat landings, docks, piers and mooring posts must be built according to plans approved by the village council and require a Miami-Dade County environmental permit.

— Luisa Yanez Updated September 3, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
But there are plenty of other piers for a fun family day out.

— Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of pier

Noun

Three Yemeni government sources told Reuters air defenses were engaging drones launched by the Houthis toward the commercial quay and storage in the port.

— Reuters, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
Emergency services evacuated everyone from the vessel and the surrounding quay after the leak was detected and carried out air quality measurements.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 July 2026

Definition of quay

Noun

By early afternoon, the scene shifts across the shaded wooden deck, as guests slip in from the jetty barefoot and still damp from the sea, for long, languid lunches that roll into dusk.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
On July 22, Liz swam around a jetty in the water in front of the property until noon, per surveillance videos released by her family.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of jetty

Noun

The moon landing missions continued, but only through Apollo 17, with the last footprints on the moon left there in December 1972.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Where that gesture followed the Normandy landings and the Marshall Plan, this one arrives after ten years of Franco-British froideur.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of landing

Noun

Pictures show the enormous white superyacht docked in the marina, towering over its surroundings.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Plenty of people who spent decades building a restaurant, a marina operation, or a trade business now own their homes outright or close to it, yet show little income on paper.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

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