pier

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.

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[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).]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pier - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats wharf, wharfage, dock 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"

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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

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pier [ˈpɪə^r] n

(= walkway) → jetée f

[bridge] → pile f

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pier

n

→ Pier m or f; (= landing place) → Anlegestelle f, → Pier m or f

(of bridge etc) → Pfeiler m

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

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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 码头

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