pier column

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• column — [n1] line, procession cavalcade, company, file, list, platoon, queue, rank, row, string, train; concepts 432,727 column [n2] pillar brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle,… …   New thesaurus

• pier — [n] support; place for boats berth, buttress, column, dam, dock, jetty, landing, levee, mole, pierage, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, post, promenade, quay, slip, upright, wharf; concepts 439,443,479 …   New thesaurus

• pier — [pir] n. [ME per < ML pera, ult. < ? or akin to L petra, stone < Gr, rock] 1. a heavy structure supporting the spans of a bridge, esp., as distinguished from an abutment, one supporting the adjacent ends of two center spans of a long… …   English World dictionary

• Column — For other uses, see Column (disambiguation). National Capitol Columns at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C …   Wikipedia

• column — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pillar, shaft; formation (of troops, figures, etc.); article, byline. See continuity, rotundity, support, combatant, news, height. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A post] Syn. pillar, support, prop, shaft,… …   English dictionary for students

• pier — /pear/, n. 1. a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty. 2. (in a bridge or the like) a support for the ends of adjacent spans. 3. a… …   Universalium

• column — noun 1) arches supported by massive columns Syn: pillar, post, support, upright, baluster, pier, pile, pilaster, stanchion; obelisk, monolith; Doric column, Ionic column, Corinthian column, Tuscan column 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• column — Synonyms and related words: KP, antenna tower, arcade, arch, army, army group, article, atlas, baluster, balustrade, banister, barbican, barrel, barrow, base, battalion, battery, battle group, belfry, bell tower, bole, book, boundary stone, brace …   Moby Thesaurus

• Pier (architecture) — In architecture, a pier is an upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge. Sections of wall between openings function as piers. The simplest cross section of the pier is square, or rectangular, although other shapes are also… …   Wikipedia

• pier — Synonyms and related words: abutment, anchorage, anchorage ground, arc boutant, arcade, atlas, baluster, balustrade, banister, bank, base, basin, beam, berth, breakwater, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, caryatid,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• column — noun 1) arches supported by massive columns Syn: pillar, post, support, upright, pier, pile 2) a column in the paper Syn: article, piece, feature 3) we walk …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary