pier
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1.4
- noun
- /pɪr/
:
muelle
- So let's go to the pier, hope the line isn't too long and see what we can see.
- pier for ships
- walk on the pier
- end of the pier
This is like tying your boat to the pier and then rowing hard.
- This is like tying your boat to the pier and then rowing hard.
- I took off, ran, jumped off the pier into the Pacific Ocean.
- So in LA, the LA Marathon, you run from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Pier, right?
- And, and it was a large floating steel pier.
- It is the last day currently walking down the pier.
- So let's go to the pier, hope the line isn't too long and see what we can see.
- Like even the fish that you caught off the local pier, you know, had a bunch of crap in it.
- Like you build the Blackpool Power Pier thing.
- And there was a gentleman on the other side of this little tiny pier.
- This is Santa Monica beach, very famous for for the pier.
- I made Maggie bring me down to the Santa Monica Pier.
Examples
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Can you meet them at the pier?
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We enjoyed the sunset while sitting on the edge of the pier watching the boats go by.
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But we're leaving the pier right now, walking off.
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You know, the pier has been here for over 40 years.
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One summer night, going to the pier, I ran into two young girls.
Fiction book (1991) -
You girls wanna go for a walk on the pier?
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The first one to meet me on Brighton Pier will win.
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Volunteer lawyers met with surviving family members at the pier and filled out applications.
Academic text (2002) -
The food available at the pier is as varied as Chicago's ethnic communities.
Academic text (1997) -
They wander for a while, not saying too much, then stroll out on the pier by Old Fort Point.
Synonyms
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1.6
A platform by the water where boats tie up to load or unload
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2.6
A platform at the edge of the water where boats stop to let people or goods on and off
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6.7
A long platform by the water where ships stop to load and unload
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8.2
A raised path by the water where ships load and unload
A platform that extends from the shore into the water where ships load and unload
Idioms
Compounds
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7.9
At the far end of a seaside pier that has simple shows, cafes and small attractions
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pier originally meant a 'pillar' put in the water to hold a platform or walkway. So a seaside pier is a structure that stands on posts out in the water where people can walk and tie boats to.