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pier
has definitions from the fields of nautical,architecture
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[ noun ] (nautical) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The big factories which are relatively near the centers of our cities - the rubber factories in Akron , Chrysler 's Detroit plants , U._S._Steel 's Pittsburgh works - often began on these sites at_a_time when that was the edge of the city , yet close to transport ( river ) , storage ( piers ) and power ( river ) . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11001
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[ noun ] (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
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