As nouns the difference between pier and pear
is that pier is a raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty while pear is an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
pier
Noun
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en noun)
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
(US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.
Derived terms
* abutment pier
* pier glass
* pierlike
* pier table
See also
* jetty
* mole
* wharf
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pear
English
Noun
(
en noun)
An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
(also'' pear tree ) A type of fruit tree (''Pyrus communis ).
The wood of the pear tree.
Choke pear (a torture device).
Derived terms
* alligator pear
* anchovy-pear
* apple-pear
* apples and pears
* Asian pear
* avocado pear
* balsam pear
* butter-pear
* cactus pear
* Callery pear
* Chinese pear, Chinese white pear
* choke-pear
* European pear
* garlic pear
* grape pear
* greening-pear
* hard pear
* Japanese pear
* Korean pear
* Le Conte pear
* Malvern pear
* Moorcroft pear
* Nashi pear
* pear-apple
* pear blight
* pear drop
* pear-encrinite
* pear-gauge
* pear-haw
* pear leaf blister mite
* pear leaf blister moth
* pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge
* pear-louse
* pear midge
* pearmonger
* pear orchard
* pear oyster scale
* pear-plum
* pear psylla
* pear-quince
* pear-shaped
* pear-shell
* pear-slug
* pear-sucker
* pear-thorn
* pear thrips
* pear tree
* pear-wise
* pear-withe
* pear-wood
* peary
* perry
* prickly pear
* sand Pear
* snow pear
* sugar-pear
* snowy pear
* Stinking Bishop pear
* strawberry pear
* Taiwan pear
* vegetable pear
* vine-pear
* wax pear
* willowleaf pear, willow-leafed pear
* wooden pear
* Ya Pear
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