quai

as in dock
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers the tour boat pulled up to the quai on the left bank of the Seine

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Recent Examples of quai On a recent breezy day, Jérôme Callais wrapped a secondhand biography of Robespierre tightly in cellophane, covering the burgundy leather hardcover with an expert flick of the wrist and positioning it near a weighty tome on Talleyrand inside his dark green bookstand on a quai above the Seine. Liz Alderman, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2020 The quai there was badly lit, the curb stacked with boards left over from a construction project. Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020 Farther up the quai was a former monastery courtyard, overgrown but graceful. Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020 Despite her resolve to give up, however, a blue-eyed, homeless Frenchman rescues her onto the quai and initiates her inward awakening. Kate Betts, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quai
Noun
  • The charging dock can fit neatly on a counter or table for quick access.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The university has moved the ships Sally Ride and Robert Gordon Sproul to a dock elsewhere in the bay.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • New piers can be seen extending from wharves in a boost to docking capacity.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The unaffected parts of the wharf were evacuated, Oatey said.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The city also rents out a pier on the beach so that law enforcement can use it during the event.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Wave farewell to an American maritime icon The storied ocean liner SS United States left its Philadelphia pier on Wednesday to embark on its final mission … underwater.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On a dank quay beneath Paris’s Pont Alexandre III, a beauty moment of epic proportions was born.
    Jessica Diner, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But security and logistical concerns — and an outcry from booksellers along the city’s picturesque quays — have led the government to progressively scale back its ambitions.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024

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“Quai.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quai. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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