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Meanings of quay in English

Spanish
embarcadero
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Platform alongside water.

embarcadero
Synonyms
Examples for "wharf"
Examples for "wharf"
1
He looked Mayo over in calculating fashion; he stared up the wharf.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
2
The government gave twenty million dollars towards the purchase of the wharf.
Radio NZ
3
But many residents say growth is the last thing the wharf needs.
Radio NZ
4
The Antelope had left the wharf at about seven in the morning.
Lost in the Fog
5
She goes out to the left, in the direction of the wharf.
The Sea-Gull
Usage of quay in English
1
Djedefhor usually patrolled the quay, but today the soldiers were all strangers.
Nefertiti
2
He recognized her even in the dull light of the quay lamps.
Robert Falconer
3
On the quay are the landing-stages, the custom-house and the railway station.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
4
They had all gone off to the quay early in the morning.
The Bishop and Other Stories
5
He found himself on the quay: he was alone; he was free.
File No. 113
6
Seton raged up and down the quay in impotent agony of mind.
The Odds / And Other Stories
7
The great red bowsprit of an Australian clipper projects aslant the quay.
The Life of the Fields
8
He flung himself down on the quay in a passion of tears.
The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume...
9
Photograph: Leigh Goodsell We meet Henry on the east quay at Wells-Next-the-Sea.
The Guardian
10
Above the passport window on the Danube quay at Budapest you read:
Europe—Whither Bound? / Being Letters of Travel from the Capital...
11
The steamer lay puffing alongside the quay, on the point of starting.
Around the World in Eighty Days
12
We went first to the power-house, a stone building on the quay.
Odd John
13
A quay 100 metres long on the Salé side of the river.
In Morocco
14
Together they walked down the broad street and turned along the quay.
The Grey Lady
15
The launch took him down to the Galata quay in twenty minutes.
Land of marvels
16
He was conducted thus as far as the quay of the Louvre.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
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Translations for quay
Quay through the time
Quay across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common