pier

pier

a platform on pillars extending from shore over water: Part of the pier was washed out in the storm.
Not to be confused with:peer – to look intently: peer in the window; a person with equal status, class, or age: a jury of his peers

pier

P0151100 (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 *podiāre, 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 petrā; see per- in Indo-European roots).]

pier

(pɪə) n1. (Civil Engineering) a structure with a deck that is built out over water, and used as a landing place, promenade, etc2. (Architecture) a pillar that bears heavy loads, esp one of rectangular cross section3. (Architecture) the part of a wall between two adjacent openings4. (Architecture) another name for buttress¹[C12 per, from Anglo-Latin pera pier supporting a bridge]

pier

(pɪər)

n. 1. a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, etc. 2. (in a bridge or the like) a support for the ends of adjacent spans. 3. a square pillar. 4. a portion of wall between doors, windows, etc. 5. a pillar or post on which a gate or door is hung. 6. a support of masonry, steel, or the like for sustaining vertical pressure. [before 1150; Middle English pere < Anglo-Latin pera, pēra pier of a bridge, of obscure orig.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pier - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boatswharf, wharfage, dockbitt, 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 riverplatform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"quay - wharf usually built parallel to the shorelineshipside - 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 spansbridge, 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

noun1. 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

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(piə) noun 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. 碼頭 码头

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