What is another word for quayside?

Pronunciation: [kˈiːsa͡ɪd] (IPA)

The word 'quayside' refers to a platform adjoining a waterway that serves as a landing place for boats. There are several synonyms for this word, including embankment, wharf, pier, dock, jetty, harbor, and waterfront. Each of these words refers to a location where boats, ships, or ferries can be moored, loaded and unloaded. The term 'quayside' is derived from the French word 'quai,' which means a landing stage or dock. These synonyms are commonly used to describe the bustling activity that takes place along the water's edge, where cargo is loaded and unloaded, fisherman sell their catch, and pleasure boats dock.

What are the hypernyms for Quayside?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Quayside

As Matheson hurried with the ambulance along the quayside, a tubby little figure of a man came up to him.
"Swirling Waters"
Max Rittenberg
An answer came back from the quayside: "Vive la France!"
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs
He turned from the morning noises of the quayside and walked through Lime street.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce

Famous quotes with Quayside

  • Poor bloody Dale, Sharpe thought, to be betrayed in his first battle. If he survived he would be invalided out of the army. His broken body, good for nothing, would be sent to Lisbon and there he would have to rot on the quays until the bureaucrats made sure he had accounted for all his equipment. Anything missing would be charged to the balance of his miserable wages and only when the account was balanced would he be put onto a foul transport and shipped to an English quayside. There he was left, the army's obligation discharged, though if he was lucky he might be given a travel document that promised to reimburse any parish overseer who fed him while he traveled to his home. Usually the overseers ignored the paper and kicked the invalid out of their jurisdiction with an order to go and beg somewhere else. Dale might be better off dead than face all that.
    Bernard Cornwell
  • So what does it matter where it was when it was hit? We could have sunk it if it'd been tied up on the quayside in a neutral port and everyone would still have been delighted.
    Alan Clark

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