About The Word Pier
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Pier
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What's The Definition Of Pier?
[n] a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
[n] a support for two adjacent bridge spans [n] (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows) Synonyms | Synonyms for Pier: dock | wharf | wharfage Related Terms | Find terms related to Pier: abutment | anchorage | anchorage ground | arcade | arc-boutant | atlas | baluster | balustrade | banister | bank | base | basin | beam | berth | breakwater | bulkhead | bulwark | buttress | buttress pier | buttressing | caryatid | colonnade | colonnette | column | dado | die | dock | dockage | dockyard | dry dock | embankment | flying buttress | footstalk | groin | hanging buttress | harbor | harborage | haven | jack | jetty | jutty | landing | landing place | landing stage | levee | marina | mole | moorings | newel-post | pedestal | pedicel | peduncle | peristyle | pier buttress | pilaster | pile | piling | pillar | plinth | pole | port | portico | post | protected anchorage | quay | queen-post | rampart | retaining wall | road | roads | roadstead | seaport | seawall | shaft | shipyard | shoulder | slip | socle | staff | stalk | stanchion | stand | standard | stem | subbase | support | surbase | telamon | trunk | upright | wharf | wharfage See Also | bitt | bollard | bridge | platform | quay | shipside | span | support | wall Pier In Webster's Dictionary \Pier\, n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L.
petra, Gr. ?. Cf. {Petrify}.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) 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.
(b) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to
stiffen a wall. See {Buttress}.
2. A projecting wharf or landing place.
{Abutment pier}, the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier
which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of
an arch.
{Pier glass}, a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put
up between windows.
{Pier table}, a table made to stand between windows.
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