as in wharf
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers
docked the ferry at the quay to let the passengers off
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Recent Examples of quay
The in-water show will feature about 300 yachts docked along the Arsenale’s quays, with a total of 220 exhibitors.
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
Instead, the 54 rooms and four suites feature walls decorated with playful gold stencil motifs and views of either the Seine or the quay, and kids and adults alike will love the novelty of sleeping on a boat.
—Celeste Moure, AFAR Media, 2 May 2025
While many of the street-side cafes lining the river are on the touristy side, the handful of spots actually on the quay are anything but.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
The Romans established Londinium just north of the river’s marshy valley after invading Britain in 43 C.E. Colossal wooden quays stood on the ancient settlement’s riverbank.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
Instead, the 54 rooms and four suites feature walls decorated with playful gold stencil motifs and views of either the Seine or the quay, and kids and adults alike will love the novelty of sleeping on a boat.
—Celeste Moure, AFAR Media, 2 May 2025
While many of the street-side cafes lining the river are on the touristy side, the handful of spots actually on the quay are anything but.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
The Romans established Londinium just north of the river’s marshy valley after invading Britain in 43 C.E. Colossal wooden quays stood on the ancient settlement’s riverbank.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quay
Noun
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The port planned to use it to clean up and remediate polluted areas, build facilities for handling the turbine parts, dredge the waterway and build a larger wharf capable of handling pieces of steel longer than a football field.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
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The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The property includes an indoor shooting range, pool house, guest house and a 4,000 square foot dock.—
Dana Hunsinger Benbow,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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When the barrels reached their loading dock, instead of rich complexity, the whiskey tasted of grass and hay.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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Later phases will include a disc golf course, a dog park, fishing piers, kayak and paddleboard access, a bird watching area, a hammock pole area and a lake deck, according to Rawn.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Sep. 2025
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White women in sportswear jogged along the pier.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Quay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quay. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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