Tier

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of a series of rows placed one above another: a stadium with four tiers of seats.
  • n. A rank or class.
  • v. To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers: tier a wedding cake; balconies that tier upward.
  • n. One that ties: a tier of knots.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who ties (knots, etc).
  • n. Something that ties.
  • n. A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.
  • v. To arrange in layers.
  • v. To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A range of mountains.
  • n. One who or that which ties.
  • n. A child's apron. Also, erroneously, tire.
  • n. In entomology, same as leaf-tier.
  • n. A row; a rank, particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another: as, a tier of seats in a theater; the old three-decked war-ships had three tiers of guns on each side, the upper, middle, and lower tiers.
  • n. In organ-building, same as rank, 1 .
  • To pile, build, or arrange in tiers. Compare tierer.
  • n. See tire.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  • n. a worker who ties something
  • n. any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
  • n. something that is used for tying
  • n. one of two or more layers one atop another
  • Verb Form
    tiered    tiering    tiers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    worker    rival    challenger    competitor    contender    competition    rope    bed    layer   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    tire   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pinafore    rot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Here    bier    blogosphere    buccaneer    disappear    ear    endear    hear    here    keir   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    row    terrace    ledge    rim    segment    stack    shelf    dome    rampart    echelon