Tier
[tɪə] or [tɪr]
Definition
(noun.) one of two or more layers one atop another; 'tier upon tier of huge casks'; 'a three-tier wedding cake'.
(noun.) something that is used for tying; 'the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers'.
(noun.) a worker who ties something.
(noun.) any one of two or more competitors who tie one another.
Inputed by Amanda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, ties.
(n.) A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
(v. t.) A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.
Edited by Karl
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Row, rank, series.
Typed by Corinne
Definition
n. a row or rank especially when several rows are placed one above another.
Editor: Milton
Examples
- As he spoke the Count looked downwards towards the boxes behind us on the pit tier. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Thirty guineas were, I know, refused for a box on the upper tier. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- After tests with superposed sustaining surfaces, he adhered to the single-tier plan. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Just beneath the lowest tier of seats was a series of barred cages on a level with the surface of the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the investigation which lies before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Around the sides of the room, bounding this open space, run two tiers of gallery, divided, as is the main floor beneath them; into alcoves of liberal dimensions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And what's more,--the boat's drove tight by the tide 'atwixt two tiers of barges. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Cugnot, in 1769, built a steam carriage, which is still preserved in the museum of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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