Definition: 1. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats. 2. A support for two adjacent bridge spans.
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Use 'pier' in a sentence:
1. Research on Ice-induced Pier Vibration Model Test and Ice Load Identification.
2. In the years that followed, he lived a recurring cycle of drink and violence, often sleeping on the beach or under the pier in Brighton.
3. We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked.
4. The steamship had sailed out of sight, but she still stood forlornly on the pier.
5. The ship was moored broadside to the pier.
6. Young swimmers leap into turquoise waters off a pier in Fakarava.
7. The warship was making towards the pier.
8. A steamship was moored to its berth at the pier.
9. One winter, I came to this pier. Ruby pier.
10. There's Alcatraz, Pier 39, Chinatown, and Union Square.
11. The workers were pouring concrete for the bridge when the pier toppled.
12. Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8 flat.
13. Structural Arrangement Optimization of Pile Piers and Discrete Complex Method.
14. Disease Diagnosis and Evaluation Method of Railway Bridge Pier Supported by Pile Foundation.
15. One winter, I came to this pier—Ruby Pier.
16. A Study on Detecting Pier Damage by Model Parameters.
17. The Army order is for PIER 2.3 and PIER-T devices.
18. The new pier has cafes and restaurants.
19. We gigged for catfish off the pier.
20. Redondo Pier has a very nice pier.
21. The feel of the ocean mist as you walk across a pier.
22. The boats hauled up at the pier.
23. Application of Large Cylindrical Structure in Pier Engineering.
24. The truck stove in the pier of the road bridge.
25. In my third year, I was working at Jade Pier over in Pasadena.
26. Construction Deformation Study of Long-span Curve Rigid Frame Bridge with High Piers.
27. At the old pier off Charles Street.
28. Calculation in Design of Hollow High Pier with Thin Wall and Round End.
29. The salvage was piled upon the pier.
30. Application of Winter Construction for Large Volume Cement of Bridge Pier Foundation.
31. Wuguan Books lies at Pier-2 Culture Center, which is full of special cafes and exhibits.
32. Study on Seismic Damage Analysis and Risk Evaluation of Aqueduct Piers.
33. He backed his boat away from the pier.
34. There was a pier glass between the windows of the room.
35. Some people, of course, would like to see the old pier go.
36. Design of real time train monitor system at coal pier.
37. Waves battered against the pier.
38. There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room.
39. The ship was making towards the pier.
40. We started out at the Santa Monica Pier and rode the curvy, well-maintained path that heads down the coast.
41. A natural disaster is often the last straw for pier-owners.
42. Loesser leapt out. He gazed toward the pier, a hundred yards away.
43. Do you expect him at Kowloon City Pier?
44. In the dark they could hear the wash of waves against the piers.
45. The bridge was high, jacked up on wooden piers.
46. The ship lies alongside the wharf.; The steamer lies at the pier.
47. The big ship lies alongside the pier.
48. Self and Gretchen wait for a prospective buyer at a pier.
49. The pier is a wooden structure.
50. We have completed a pier to accommodate oceangoing freighters.
51. We could anchor off the pier.
52. Flying buttresses were constructed of vertical masonry piers with arches curving out from them like fingers.
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