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quay

noun

/kiː/

Meaning

A platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

The cargo was unloaded at the quay.

dock, pier, wharf, jetty

offshore, inland

busy quay, stone quay, unload at the quay, ships along the quay

A forecast of a person's future based on the positions of the stars and planets at their birth.

A unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second (cgs) system equal to 10⁻⁵ newtons.

severe suffering or privation; difficulty or distress

A person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

a device for communication, typically used to make calls or send messages

The practice of doing multiple tasks at the same time.