I don't know if this would vary from region to region, but I live in New England and I say it with 1 syllable.
The word "wharves" has one syllable.
We have quite a selection of wharves here. I don't know which of the wharves the whaler will use, Willy.
The wharves of the port at San Francisco are fraught with crime.
A wharf is a dock for cargo ships. Wharves is it's plural.
I like to see the boats come up to the wharves early in the morning
loading, unloading,
quays
Plural of wharf. Wharf = A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload.
There are no other word forms for wharves only synonyms and of course the definition for it here let me give them to you. Definition is boat storage and synonyms slip and dock there are more but these are the most relative to the word wharves. That is all it thanks!
They are more than one structure built on the shore.
4 syllables am- phi- bi- an
Awake has two syllables. The syllables are a-wake.