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PIER ARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pier arch mean?
• PIER ARCH (noun)
The noun PIER ARCH has 1 sense:
1. an arch supported on piers
Familiarity information: PIER ARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arch supported on piers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pier arch" is a kind of...):
arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)
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