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quay
/kiː/
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What does quay mean?
noun
- A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
verb
- To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
adjective
- Alternative spelling of qway (“far”).
More meanings (2)
adverb
- Alternative spelling of qway (“far”).
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/kiː/
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The whole population of San Francisco was gathered on the quay, greatly excited but silent, reserving their hurrahs for the return.
In his walk he had crossed one of the bridges of the Seine, and he still followed, unheedingly, the long, unbroken quay.
More book examples (3)
Tholomyès, once started, would have found some difficulty in stopping, had not a horse fallen down upon the quay just at that moment.
Cleomenes, seeing him landing, for he was then walking upon the quay, kindly saluted him, and asked what business brought him to Egypt.
Once spread at large over the quay, it looks the most impossible bulk to have all come there out of that ship alongside.