pier

1
as in dock
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers tied the boat up at the pier

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2
as in pilaster
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure a bridge pier

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Recent Examples of pier At nearly 2,500 feet long, the Fishing and Education Pier is the largest in the Gulf as well as Alabama’s only public gulf pier. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025 It was then offloaded onto a pier at Naval Base Coronado. Kristina Davis, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025 On the center pier, five of the six timber piles showed severe decay. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025 The city also rents out a pier on the beach so that law enforcement can use it during the event. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pier
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Noun
  • An extensive park with pools makes this an excellent choice for families, and private tours of the Borromeo Islands depart from the hotel’s boat dock.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The volunteers pulled out propane tanks and metal sheeting, dock remnants and crab traps.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • With his drone, Pan captured images of Space Launch complexes, military weapons bunkers, a payload processing facility and a submarine wharf, according to prosecutors.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The wharf has been closed off to the public since Monday’s high surf.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • By focusing on these 13 key pillars, India is weaving a future where tradition meets technology, and growth is inclusive and sustainable.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Its distinctive shape, featuring dramatic overhanging concrete floors supported by thick pillars, gives it a futuristic appearance.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • On a dank quay beneath Paris’s Pont Alexandre III, a beauty moment of epic proportions was born.
    Jessica Diner, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But security and logistical concerns — and an outcry from booksellers along the city’s picturesque quays — have led the government to progressively scale back its ambitions.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
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  • Dawn Caldwell, Highlands Ranch Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more.
    DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Tonight’s column marks the glorious return of Lady Gaga, who is pulling double duty as host and musical guest.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Bahl, whose head hit a stanchion behind the net as a result of the hit, left the game.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Six weeks after the Pacific disaster, a portion of railing or stateroom stanchion washed ashore.
    Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025

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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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