| Main Entry: |
pier |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
support; place for boats |
Synonyms: |
berth,
buttress, column, dam,
dock, jetty, landing, levee, mole, pierage, pilaster,
pile, piling,
pillar,
post,
promenade, quay,
slip,
upright,
wharf
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| Notes: |
a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
