pier

IPA: pˈɪr

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.
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, or the hinges of a gate.

Examples of "pier" in Sentences

Nice fish bud, the pier is a little small though ...
They'll be done by the time the pier is ready for them.
"The loss of any Birch pier is significant," Wills said.
The land in front of the pier is almost dry and you could easily drive a couple of trucks there.
Just a few hundred feet from the pier is the building that stood in as the bar where Eko went all Jason Vorhees.
And the new malecon stretching out from both sides of the Chapala pier is beautiful and replete with more beaches below it's walls.
One other note that came across our desk here, at BWI, Baltimore Washington International, one of what they call a pier, which sounds to us as one of the places where the plane pulls up -- I mean, there are several gates there -- five gates -- was shut down and evacuated after a white powdery substance was found in a trash can.