PIERS

Meaning of PIERS in English

plural of pier

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PIERS — Piers BrE AmE pɪəz AmE \ pɪ ə rz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIERS — spire
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PIERS — Пирс
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PIERS — Пирсы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PIERS — Пирс
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PIERS PLOWMAN — /pearz" plow"meuhn/ , ( The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman ) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360-99), ascribed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ORMONDE, PIERS BUTLER, 8TH EARL OF, EARL OF OSSORY — born c. 1467 died Aug. 21/26, 1539 Piers also spelled Pierce, byname The Red Earl leading member of the Butler …
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MORGAN, PIERS — Mor ‧ gan, Piers /ˈmɔːɡən $ ˈmɔːr-, pɪəzǁpɪərz/ BrE AmE (1965–) a British ↑ journalist and television presenter who became …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LANGLAND, WILLIAM — born с 1330 died с 1400 Presumed author of the poem known as "Piers Plowman. " Little is known of …
Английский словарь Британика
GAUDÍ (I CORNET), ANTONI — Spanish Antonio Gaudí y Cornet born June 25, 1852, Reus, Spain died June 10, 1926, Barcelona Spanish (Catalan) architect. Though …
Английский словарь Британика
WHARF — I. ˈ(h)wȯ(ə)r]f, -ȯ(ə)] noun ( plural wharves ]vz\ ; also wharfs ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wherf, wharf, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOCK — (n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes …
Английский словарь Webster
DOCK — ( n. ) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOCK — dock 1 /dok/ , n. 1. a landing pier. 2. the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOCK — noun the place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. 2. dock ·noun a case of leather to …
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TRIUMPHAL ARCH — a monumental structure pierced by at least one arched passageway and erected to honour an important person or to commemorate …
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PIER — in building construction, vertical loadbearing member such as an intermediate support for adjacent ends of two bridge spans. In foundations …
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MASONRY — the art and craft of building and fabricating in stone, clay, brick, or concrete block. Construction of poured concrete, reinforced …
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HARBOUR — also spelled Harbor, any part of a body of water that is sufficiently sheltered from wind, waves, and currents to …
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FABLE, PARABLE, AND ALLEGORY — any form of imaginative literature or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to …
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DOME — in geology, any large or elliptical structure formed by the fractureless upwarping of rock strata. It is a type of …
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DOCK — artifically enclosed basin into which vessels are brought for inspection and repair. Originally, docks were used for many purposes: as …
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BRIDGE — structure that spans horizontally between supports, whose function is to carry vertical loads. The prototypical bridge is quite simpletwo supports …
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ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY OF WESTERN
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: ARCHITECTURE
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LANGLAND, WILLIAM — born c. 1330 died c. 1400 presumed author of one of the greatest examples of Middle English alliterative poetry, generally …
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GOTHIC ART
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EIFFEL TOWER — French Tour Eiffel, Parisian landmark that is also a technological masterpiece in building-construction history. When the French government was organizing …
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VAULT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES pole vault COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE high ▪ As it was, some high …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE old ▪ But the old pier was built on top of the northern tip, …
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