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pier  (pîr)
n.
1.
a. A platform extending from a shore over water and supported by piles or pillars, used to secure, protect, and provide access to ships or boats.
b. Such a structure used predominantly for entertainment.
2. A supporting structure at the junction of connecting spans of a bridge.
3. Architecture Any of various vertical supporting structures, especially:
a. A pillar, generally rectangular in cross section, supporting an arch or roof.
b. The portion of a wall between windows, doors, or other openings.
c. A reinforcing structure that projects from a wall; a buttress.

[Middle English per, bridge support, partly from Norman French pere, piere (from Old French puiere, a support, from puie, from puier, to support, from Vulgar Latin *podire, from Latin podium, platform; see podium) and partly from Medieval Latin pera (from Old North French pire, piere, breakwater, possibly from Latin petra, rock, from Greek petr; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).]

pier [pɪə]
n
1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a structure with a deck that is built out over water, and used as a landing place, promenade, etc.
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a pillar that bears heavy loads, esp one of rectangular cross section
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the part of a wall between two adjacent openings
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) another name for buttress [1]
[C12 per, from Anglo-Latin pera pier supporting a bridge]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pier - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by pilespier - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
bitt, bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards"
levee - a pier that provides a landing place on a river
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
quay - wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
shipside - the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
2.pier - (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
3.pier - a support for two adjacent bridge spans
bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"

pier
noun
1. jetty, wharf, quay, promenade, landing place The lifeboats were moored at the pier.
2. pillar, support, post, column, pile, piling, upright, buttress the cross-beams bracing the piers of the jetty
Translations
pier [pɪəʳ] N
1. (= amusement centre) paseo marítimo situado como zona de ocio sobre un muelle o malecón; (= landing-stage) → embarcadero m, muelle m
2. (Archit) → pilar m, columna f; [of bridge] → estribo m, pila f

pier [ˈpɪər] n
(= walkway) → jetée f
[bridge] → pile f

pier
n
Pier m or f; (= landing place)Anlegestelle f, → Pier m or f
(of bridge etc)Pfeiler m

pier [pɪəʳ] npontile m; (landing stage) → imbarcadero, pontile; (of bridge) → pila

pier
n pier [piə]
a platform of stone, wood etc stretching from the shore into the sea, a lake etc, used as a landing-place for boats or as a place of entertainment The passengers stepped down on to the pier. kaai رَصيف، جِسْر кей molo mole; bådebro die Pier αποβάθρα, προβλήτα muelle, embarcadero muul اسکله laituri jetée מֶזָח सेतुबन्ध, पोतघाट stup mosta kikötő; móló dermaga bryggja molo, pontile 桟橋 부두, 선창 prieplauka, pirsas (ostas) dambis, (laivu) piestātne tambangan pier brygge, pir molo, pomost cais chei, doc пирс; причал mólo pomol mol pir, []brygga ท่าเรือ iskele 碼頭 мол, хвилеріз پشتہ cầu tàu

pier دعامة molo mole Pier προκυμαία embarcadero laituri jetée kupališno šetalište molo 埠頭 부두 pier brygge molo píer, pontão пирс pir สะพานที่ยื่นออกไปในน้ำ rıhtım cầu cảng 码头


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