pier
UK/pɪə/
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British/pɪː/
pier noun: a raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
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Noun
pier (plural piers)
- 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.
- A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
- There is a gaming arcade on the pier.
- A fresh breeze comes off the water and down the pier.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 234
- A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
- The force of the explosion demolished one pair of piers and two spans of the bridge crashed down into the river on top of the barges.1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5
- A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
- A long corridor-like building with multiple gates extending from an airport terminal.
- The new £216m pier will be used by all airlines currently operating out of T2, with more and more flights gradually moving over to the new pier once it becomes fully operational.2019 April 2, “Manchester Airport opens new pier at Terminal 2”, in Airport Technology
pier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pier in Hindi
- raised platform built from the shore out over water
- घाट ghāṭ
pier in Tamil
- பாந்து, திண்டு, துறைக்கிட்டு, பாலக்கால், நெடுஞ்சுவர், தூண்
pier in Urdu
- raised platform built from the shore out over water
- گھاٹ ghāṭ
pier in Bengali
- raised platform built from the shore out over water
- জেটি jeṭi
More languagesFewer languages
- pier in Malayalam
- സ്തംഭം, കടൽപ്പാലം, കടൽഭിത്തി, പീതാരം
- pier in Kannada
- ಹಡಗುಕಟ್ಟೆ, ಇಳಿವೆಡೆ
- pier in Assamese
- ঘাট ghat
- pier in Tagalog
- piyer
- pier in Arabic
- رَصِيف raṣīf
- pier in Persian
- اسکله eskele
- pier in Thai
- ท่า tâa
- pier in Vietnamese
- bến tàu
- pier in Myanmar
- ဆိပ် hcip
Examples of pier in a sentence
- The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
- The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.
- We went fishing for crabs by the pier.
Forms of pier
| plural | piers |
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Origin of pier
Inherited from Middle English pere (“bridge pillar, breakwater”), from either Anglo-Norman pere (“stone”, from Latin petra) or Old French *piere (Old Northern French pire, from either Late Latin *petricus or pēra "satchel"); compare Medieval Latin pira.
Words formed from pier
- abutment pier
- Brighton pier
- chain pier
- end-of-pier
- end-of-the-pier
- finger pier
- gatepier
- pierage
- piered
- pier glass
- pierhead
- pierless
- pierlike
- piermaster
- pier runner
- pierside
- pier table
- pierwise
- rocking pier
- take a long walk off a short pier
- take a long walk on a short pier
- you don't fish off the company pier
Phrases with pier
- Pier Milan
- pier tables
- pier glasses
- took a long walk on a short pier
- taken a long walk on a short pier
- takes a long walk on a short pier
- took a long walk off a short pier
- taken a long walk off a short pier
- takes a long walk off a short pier
- taking a long walk on a short pier
- taking a long walk off a short pier
Words that rhyme with pier
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
- frontier
Questions about pier
- What does pier mean?
- Pier means a raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
- What is pier in Hindi?
- Pier in Hindi is घाट (ghāṭ). See Pier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pier?
- Pier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pier?
- Pier is pronounced /pɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pier?
- The plural of pier is piers.
Words near pier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pier (page history and authors); pier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pier (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ঘাট (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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