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piers
 
Noun pier has 3 senses
  1. pier, wharf, wharfage, dock - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
    --1 is a kind of platform
    --1 has parts: bollard, bitt; shipside
    --1 has particulars: quay
  2. pier - (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
    --2 is a kind of     support
    --2 is a part of wall
  3. pier - a support for two adjacent bridge spans
    --3 is a kind of     support
    --3 is a part of bridge, span
pierre joseph proudhon pierre laplace pierre laporte bridge pierre larousse pierre simon de laplace pierre teilhard de chardin pierre terrail pierrot piers pies piesha piet mondrian pieta pieter breughel pieter bruegel pieter brueghel pieter brueghel the elder

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