'Pier' definitions:
Definition of 'pier'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pier'
From: GCIDE
- Pier \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A projecting wharf or landing place. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pier'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutment,
- anchorage,
- anchorage ground,
- arc-boutant,
- arcade,
- 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