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# quay

«quay» in Mova's school dictionary: **A stone or concrete platform along the edge of water in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a quay, quays)

### meaning for a pupil

A stone or concrete platform along the edge of water in a harbour, where boats stop to load and unload: «The fishing boats tied up at the quay.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons quays are part of ports and harbours; in everyday life and stories people walk along the quay to watch boats. Phrases: «on the quay», «along the quay», «quayside».

### examples

- The ferry waited at the quay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#x1)
- Fishermen unloaded their catch on the quay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#x2)
- We ate chips on the quay and watched the boats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#x3)
- Stand back from the edge of the quay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#x4)
- Old warehouses line the quayside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#x5)
- The tall ship was moored at the quay for the festival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#x6)
- The moment the merchant began praying the winds were stilled, the sea became calm, and the ship went sailing on prosperously to the quay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/#x7)

### note

Sounds exactly like «key» (KEE) — a homophone; also like «cay» (a small island). Countable: quay, quays. Similar words: wharf, dock, pier, jetty (a pier sticks out into the sea; a quay runs along the shore). Safety: quays have no railings; do not run near the edge.

### In the corpora

- [Never play near harbour edges, quays or mooring ropes; the water is deep and cold and ropes can snap tight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quay» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quay/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.