Usually means: Dock for loading and unloading.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word quay:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. quay: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quay: Merriam-Webster
  3. quay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quay: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quay: Vocabulary.com
  7. Quay, quay: Wordnik
  8. quay: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Quay, quay: Wiktionary
  10. quay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. quay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. quay: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Quay, quay: Dictionary.com
  14. quay: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. quay: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Quay (disambiguation), Quay (film), Quay (restaurant), Quay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Quay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. quay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. quay: Rhymezone
  20. quay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. quay: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. quay: FreeDictionary.org
  23. quay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. quay: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. quay: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Quay: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  5. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. Quay: Legal dictionary
  8. Quay: Financial dictionary
  9. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quay: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. quay, quay: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Quay: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. Quay: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (nautical) 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".
noun:  A surname.
adjective:  (MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”) [(MLE) Far, remote in space or time.]
adverb:  (MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”) [(MLE) Far, remote in space or time.]

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