Synonyms for pier

Grammar : Noun

Spell : peer

Phonetic Transcription : pɪər

Top 10 synonyms for pier

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Définition of pier

Origin : mid-12c., "support of a span of a bridge," from Medieval Latin pera, of unknown origin, perhaps from Old North French pire "a breakwater," from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra "rock" (see petrous), but OED is against this. Meaning "solid structure in a harbor, used as a landing place for vessels," is attested from mid-15c.

noun support; place for boats

Example sentences :

Hope came down on the pier to Malbone, who was looking at the boats.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

On the south side of the pier a man had just tied up a motor-boat.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Seeing a pier jutting out, he heedlessly followed it to the very end.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

The pier is all but on the bowsprit, and you think you are there—roll, roar, wash!
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Now we were moving in close to the pier, with a whole fleet of tugs around us.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

At every pier that I approached I received about the same reply.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

They left the pier and passed through the station into the street.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

Glancing down to the pier, he discovered that Beorn's eyes were also turned that way.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

I towed her in to her pier, made her fast and then left her for a while.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The launch was fifty feet from the pier when I heard a shout.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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