Definition, Betydning, Synonymer & Anagrammer | engelsk word PIER

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Definitioner af PIER

1. A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
2. A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
3. A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
4. (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.

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Eksempler på brug af PIER i en sætning

• There was a short overhead conveyor system for salt from the open salt lake on Sal to the port at Pedra de Lume, and a short rail track to the pier at Santa Maria for similar purposes.
• Except for the winter months, passenger ships of the Waxholmsbolaget call at a pier in Ytterby, providing a connection to Vaxholm town and Stockholm.
• Due to a lack of federal funding, it was not until 1872 that the two brick buildings and a T-shaped pier were constructed and officially declared a Navy Yard.
• The pier contained a 2,500-seat theater, gym, 12-chair barber shop, tailor, cobbler shops, soda fountain and a vast kitchen and hospital.
• Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse.
• When the 1872 Lone Pine earthquake rendered the pier in nearby Swansea inaccessible by uplifting the shoreline, a new pier was constructed to the south at a community named Hawley.
• At Arena Cove Historic District and pier, huge oceanfront bluffs show the power of the interface of tectonic plates.
• The beach has a wooden fishing pier and is about a mile long between Ormond Beach downcoast and Point Hueneme Light at the harbor entrance shared by the naval base and the port.
• Hammonasset Beach State Park contains the state's longest public beach, with campsites, picnic areas, and a fishing pier.
• Bailey Bridge, built in 1946 to replace the wooden pier that spanned North Bay from Lynn Haven to Southport.
• In the new millennium a boardwalk and pier, and a new condominium development have risen in Chesapeake Beach.
• The project was to feature houses, a motel, shopping centers, a pier, a marina, beaches, and a clubhouse fronting the Chesapeake Bay.
• Located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron in the Thumb of Michigan, Harbor Beach is known as having the world's largest man-made fresh water harbor and boasts a fishing pier that is handicap accessible.

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