Synonyms for pier
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : peer |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɪər |
Top 10 synonyms for pier Other synonyms for the word pier
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
- 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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