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   Pier

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   • 1. a platform supported on pillars or girders leading out from the shore into a body of water, used as a landing stage for boats: "to my right lies the wooden pier where boats moor during the summer" Similar jettyquaywharfdocklandinglanding stagelanding placeslipwaymarinawaterfrontbreakwatermolegroindykesea wallembankment
   • ▪ a structure supported on pillars leading out to sea and used as an entertainment area, typically incorporating arcades and places to eat: "the pier was the fourth longest in the country at 562 feet, with a large saloon and concert hall at the end"
   • ▪ a breakwater or mole: "work began on two basins and breakwater piers"
   • 2. a solid support designed to sustain vertical pressure: "a raised foundation rests on four piers—concrete cylinders dug partially into the ground for stability"
   • ▪ a pillar supporting an arch or a bridge: "the approach viaducts to the bridge consist of reinforced concrete piers supporting four main beams" Similar supportcutwaterpilepilingplinthpedestalfootfootingabutmentbuttressstanchionpropstayuprightpillarpostcolumn
   • ▪ a section of a wall between windows or other adjacent openings: "this painting found a new home positioned in the pier between the southwest window and the door to the Red Room"

   Word Origin Middle English: from medieval Latin pera, of unknown origin.

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   What is Pier noun?

   • Definition of pier noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a long structure built in the sea and joined to the land at one end, often with places of entertainment on it After lunch, the family went for a walk along the pier. Want to learn more?

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   What is a pier used for?

   • 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. Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd. Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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   Where does the word pier come from?

   • From Middle English pere (“ bridge pillar ”), from Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira (“ breakwater ”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra . A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty . Your boat is docked at the pier.

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   What is a fishing pier?

   • a long passageway or corridor that extends from a central area of a building, especially one at an airport that leads to boarding gates. We leaned over the fishing pier and let the silence wrap around us. It isn’t just because the refinery relies on dredging, which is partially taxpayer funded, for sugar ships to reach its piers.

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   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.

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   A pier is a platform reaching out to sea that can be used as a landing place for ships. If you enjoy sea fishing and don't have a boat, try casting your line from the end of the pier. Pier has two meanings. The most common is for the platform, often wooden, that extends over water away from shore, so that ships can dock.