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abier

/əˈbɪɚ/

abier adjective: dead but unburied.

Adjective

abier (not comparable)

  1. (UK, West-Country, dialectal, Somerset) Dead but unburied.
    • Poor soul! Her man died only the other day, and now she lies abier.

Origin of abier

From a- (“in, on”) + bier.

Words that rhyme with abier

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Questions about abier

What does abier mean?
Abier means dead but unburied.
What part of speech is abier?
Abier is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abier?
Abier is pronounced /əˈbɪɚ/.

Words near abier in the dictionary

  1. abie
  2. abience
  3. abiences
  4. Abienda
  5. abient
  6. abier
  7. abies
  8. abieslactone
  9. abietaceous
  10. abietadenic
  11. abietadiene

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