All pier synonyms
pier
P p noun pier
- hammock β hummock (def 1).
- jetty β a pier or structure of stones, piles, or the like, projecting into the sea or other body of water to protect a harbor, deflect the current, etc.
- buttress β Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- boatyard β A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- minaret β a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- bypath β a little-used path or track, esp in the country
- landing β any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- landing stage β a floating platform used as a wharf.
- breakwater β A breakwater is a wooden or stone wall that extends from the shore into the sea and is built in order to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves.
- amusements β Plural form of amusement.
- berth β A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan.
- quay β Matthew Stanley, 1833β1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887β99, 1901β4.
- firth β John Rupert, 1890β1960, English linguist.
- harbor β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- dock β any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- harbour β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- dockside β land or area adjoining a dock: We were at the dockside to greet them.
- foot β (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- wharf β a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
- byway β A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- embarkment β Embarkation; the act of setting out.
- boardwalk β A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- base β The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- marina β a town in W California.
- walk β to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- column β A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.
- mooring β the act of mooring.
- caryatid β a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure