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
Rick Warner, the director of film studies at the University of North Carolina, deliberately selects films with slow pacing and subtle details, such as Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, a three-hour movie that mostly follows a woman doing chores in her apartment.
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
The quai there was badly lit, the curb stacked with boards left over from a construction project.
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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.
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Kate Betts,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2017
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
The quai there was badly lit, the curb stacked with boards left over from a construction project.
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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.
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Kate Betts,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quai
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The animal eventually crawled under a dock.
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Plus, its dock automatically empties the dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, and can go up to 65 days between dustbin changes.
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Vanuatu has received large loans and aid from China for buildings, wharves and other infrastructure.
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The father wanted nets and the smell of the wharf.
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Visit the butterfly exhibit and enjoy some of Chicago's iconic Rainbow Cone on the pier.
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On the west side, the street along the harbor is chockablock with venues catering to tourists and daytrippers come to enjoy the pier and small beaches.
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And, the river quay at sunset was the perfect location for Officine Générale.
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Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.
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“Quai.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quai. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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