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tier
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13 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. tier
  2. tyer
  3. tier-in
  4. tier pole
  5. tier ranger
  6. tier shot
  7. tier table
  8. cable tier
  9. celery leaf tier
  10. grand tier
  11. greenhouse leaf tier
  12. ground tier
  13. omnivorous leaf tier

1tier

noun \ˈtir\

Definition of TIER

1
a : a row, rank, or layer of articles; especially : one of two or more rows, levels, or ranks arranged one above another
b : a group of political or geographic divisions that form a row across the map <the southern tier of states>
2
: class, category

Origin of TIER

Middle French tire rank, from Old French — more at attire
First Known Use: 1569

Rhymes with TIER

beer, bier, blear, cere, cheer, clear, dear, deer, Deere, drear, ear, fear, fere, fleer, gear, hear, here, jeer, leer, mere, mir, near, peer, pier, Pierre, queer, rear, schmear, sear, seer, sere, shear, sheer, skirr, smear, sneer, spear, speer, sphere, steer, tear, Trier, Tyr, veer, weir, year

2tier

verb

Definition of TIER

transitive verb
: to place or arrange in tiers
intransitive verb
: to rise in tiers

First Known Use of TIER

circa 1889

Rhymes with TIER

briar, choir, fire, gyre, hire, ire, mire, prior, sire, spire, squire, tire, wire

3ti·er

noun \ˈtī(-ə)r\

Definition of TIER

: one that ties

Variants of TIER

ti·er or ty·er \ˈtī(-ə)r\

First Known Use of TIER

1633

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