pier
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
(architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
Types & categories
- support hypernym
Parts & wholes
- wall part holonym
Related & opposite
- architecture domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a support for two adjacent bridge spans
Types & categories
- support hypernym
Parts & wholes
- bridge part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bollard |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shipside |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | platform |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | levee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quay |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | architecture |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | wall |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bridge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |