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1. (n.) pier
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, etc.
2. pier
(in a bridge or the like) a support for the ends of adjacent spans.
3. pier
a square pillar.
4. pier
a portion of wall between doors, windows, etc.
5. pier
a pillar or post on which a gate or door is hung.
6. pier
a support of masonry, steel, or the like for sustaining vertical pressure.
Etymology: (bef. 1150; ME pere < AL pera, pēra pier of a bridge, of obscure orig.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pier, wharf, wharfage, dock
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
2. (noun) pier
(architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
3. (noun) pier
a support for two adjacent bridge spans
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1. (noun) pier
a long structure built out from the shore into water
people fishing on the city pier
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pier
any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings
2. (noun) pier
any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress
3. (noun) pier
a projecting wharf or landing place
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: kaai |
 Arabic: رَصيف، جِسْر |
 Bulgarian: кей |
 Brazilian: cais |
 Czech: molo |
 German: die Pier |
 Danish: mole; bådebro |
 Greek: αποβάθρα, προβλήτα |
 Spanish: muelle, embarcadero |
 Estonian: muul |
 Farsi: اسکله |
 Finnish: laituri |
 French: jetée |
 Hebrew: מֶזָח |
 Hindi: सेतुबन्ध, पोतघाट |
 Croatian: stup mosta |
 Hungarian: kikötő; móló |
 Indonesian: dermaga |
 Icelandic: bryggja |
 Italian: molo, pontile |
 Japanese: 桟橋 |
 Korean: 부두, 선창 |
 Lithuanian: prieplauka, pirsas |
 Latvian: (ostas) dambis, (laivu) p |
 Malay: tambangan |
 Dutch: pier |
 Norwegian: brygge, pir |
 Polish: molo, pomost |
 Persian: اسکله |
 Pashto: دپله ستنه، پايه، ډكه |
 Portuguese: cais |
 Romanian: chei, doc |
 Russian: пирс; причал |
 Slovak: mólo |
 Slovenian: pomol |
 Serbian: mol |
 Swedish: pir, [landnings]brygga |
 Thai: ท่าเรือ |
 Turkish: iskele |
 Taiwanese: 碼頭 |
 Ukrainian: мол, хвилеріз |
 Urdu: پشتہ |
 Vietnamese: cầu tàu |
 Chinese: 码头 |
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