pier
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
(in a bridge or the like) a support for the ends of adjacent spans.
a square pillar.
a portion of wall between doors, windows, etc.
a pillar or post on which a gate or door is hung.
a support of masonry, steel, or the like for sustaining vertical pressure.
a long passageway or corridor that extends from a central area of a building, especially one at an airport that leads to boarding gates.
Origin of pier
1Other words from pier
- un·der·pier, noun
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How to use pier in a sentence
On December 18, Kerri and her brother, Mike, told Piers Morgan on CNN about their grievances with their stepmother.
“About six corporations control 90 per cent of what Americans see,” Martin fulminated earlier this week on Piers Morgan.
Watch RT, Putin's TV Network, Call the Cops on Me | James Kirchick | March 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere are some of the simple ways I helped, which could have easily helped Piers Morgan.
Brooks replied, according to Sitham: “Been hacking into my phone again have you, Piers?”
Piers Morgan Joked About Phone Hacking With Murdoch Editor | Peter Jukes | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPiers Morgan was, at the time, editing the rival tabloid, the Daily Mirror.
Piers Morgan Joked About Phone Hacking With Murdoch Editor | Peter Jukes | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
There was one point about one of the piers—the Seventh—that that he had not fully settled in his mind.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingAfter a dusty walk round piers and beaches lunched with Hunter-Weston before inspecting the 155th and 156th Brigades.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHe had at once plunged74 himself in difficulties with his barons by his infatuation for Piers de Gaveston.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonGenerally speaking, the Norman piers at Romsey are compound ones, formed of many minor shafts.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas PerkinsWhen, at length, the smoke of the “big brother” was observed drawing near, the people flocked in hundreds to the piers and cliffs.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for pier
/ (pɪə) /
a structure with a deck that is built out over water, and used as a landing place, promenade, etc
a pillar that bears heavy loads, esp one of rectangular cross section
the part of a wall between two adjacent openings
another name for buttress (def. 1)
Origin of pier
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