Definition of 'pier'
Word Frequency
pier in British English
noun
1.
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Word origin
C12 per, from Anglo-Latin pera pier supporting a bridge
Word Frequency
pier in American English
noun
1.
a heavy structure supporting the
spans of a
bridge, esp., as
distinguished from an
abutment, one supporting the adjacent ends of two
center spans of a long bridge
2.
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Word origin
ME per < ML pera, ult. < ? or akin to L petra, stone < Gr, rock
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architectural featuresQuick word challenge
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a waterspout carved in the form of a grotesque face or creature and projecting from a roof gutter, esp of a Gothic church; any grotesque ornament or projection, esp on a building
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the surface of a ribbed vault that lies between the ribs
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a long portico, esp one used in ancient Greece for athletics
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a convex moulding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or ellipse
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ornamental work in scroll-like patterns, esp when done with a scroll saw
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pier
British English: pier
/pɪə/ NOUN
A pier is a large platform which sticks out into the sea and which people can walk along.
We walked along the pier.
- American English: pier
- Arabic: دَعامَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: píer
- Chinese: 码头
- Croatian: lukobran
- Czech: molo
- Danish: mole
- Dutch: pier havenhoofd
- European Spanish: embarcadero
- Finnish: laituri rantalaituri
- French: jetée
- German: Pier
- Greek: προκυμαία
- Italian: molo
- Japanese: 埠頭
- Korean: 부두
- Norwegian: brygge
- Polish: molo
- European Portuguese: pontão
- Romanian: cheicheiul apei
- Russian: пирс
- Latin American Spanish: embarcadero
- Swedish: pir
- Thai: ท่าเรือ
- Turkish: rıhtım
- Ukrainian: пірс
- Vietnamese: cầu cảng
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