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pier

/pɪə/

/pɪr/

piernoun

piers

/pɪə/

/pɪr/

Translations

пирс

The boat is docked at the pier.

Лодка пришвартована у пирса.

мол

The fishermen gathered at the end of the mole to cast their lines.

Рыбаки собрались на конце мола, чтобы закинуть удочки.

Definitions

A structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships or as a place for entertainment.

The couple enjoyed a romantic walk along the pier at sunset.

A support for the ends of adjacent spans of a bridge.

The engineers inspected the pier to ensure it could support the new bridge design.

A vertical supporting structure, such as a pillar or column, often used in architecture.

The ancient temple was adorned with intricately carved piers.

Synonyms

pieradjective

/pɪə/

/pɪr/

Used mainly attributively before nouns (e.g., "pier lighting"); it is not normally graded, so comparative and superlative forms are not standard.

Definitions

Relating to, situated at, or suitable for a pier.

The city installed new pier lighting to improve safety at night.

pierproper noun

Definitions

A male given name, equivalent to Peter, especially in Italian usage.

Pier Paolo was celebrated for his avant-garde films.

pinoun

Definitions

The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, represented as Π in uppercase and π in lowercase.

"Pi" is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

A mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14159, representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

The value of pi is crucial in calculations involving circles and spheres.

Printer's type that has been accidentally mixed together and become jumbled.

The compositor cursed when the tray of type fell to the floor and turned into pi.

piadjective

pier

Comp.

pier

Comp.

piest

Super.

/paɪ/

Used attributively or informally in British English meaning self-righteously pious.

Definitions

(British informal) Self-righteously or smugly pious.

He adopted a rather pi attitude, lecturing everyone on morality.

piverb

Definitions

To jumble or mix up printer's type accidentally.

The apprentice accidentally pied three pages of type.