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pier
[ peer ]
noun
- 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.
pier
/ ±èɪə /
noun
- 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
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pier1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pier1
Example Sentences
Around 3 p.m., the police department received another round of calls about a similar disturbance at the pier plaza.
The man was seen sprinting away towards Bournemouth pier and the zig-zag - a path leading up the cliff to West Hill Garden where there were no cameras.
On March 26, 2024, a 948-foot-long cargo vessel lost power as it left Baltimore’s port and rammed into a support pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, shattering the structure almost instantly.
And it's of concern because for much of the last decade, Glen Sannox was tied up alongside the pier at the Ferguson shipyard, going nowhere, and open to the elements.
New Brighton, on the northern tip of the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside, was once a booming holiday destination boasting the longest promenade in the country, a pier and a tower bigger than Blackpool's.
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