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quayside

/ˈkiːsaɪd/

Meanings
noun
An area alongside a quay.

Examples :

"The fishermen unloaded their catch onto the busy quayside. "
nautical area place

Related Words

Illustration quay

quay noun

/keɪ/ /kiː/

A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

"The cargo ship docked at the quay, allowing workers to unload the boxes of oranges. "

Illustration busy

busy noun

/ˈbɪzi/

A police officer.

"The busy responded to the report of a fight at the school. "

Illustration onto

onto adjective

/ˈɒn.tuː/ /ˈɑn.tu/

(of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.

"Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto."

Illustration their

their pronoun

/ðeər/

Belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.

"They brought their books with them."

Illustration area

area noun

/ˈɛə̯ɹɪə̯/ /ˈæɹ.i.ə/

A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

"The classroom has a large area for the students to spread out and work. "

Illustration alongside

alongside adverb

/ə.lɒŋˈsaɪd/ /ə.lɔŋˈsaɪd/

Along the side; by the side; side by side with.

"Ahoy! Bring your boat alongside mine."

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration a

a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

Illustration fishermen

fishermen noun

/ˈfɪʃəmən/ /ˈfɪʃɚmən/

A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:

"The fishermen cast their lines into the lake early in the morning. "

Illustration catch

catch noun

/kæt͡ʃ/

The act of seizing or capturing.

"The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work."

Illustration an

an numeral

/æn/

One

"My sister has an older brother. "

Illustration unloaded

unloaded verb

/ˌʌnˈloʊdɪd/ /ʌnˈloʊdɪd/

To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).

"to unload a ship; to unload a camel"