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pierhead

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The end of a pier farthest from shore.

Examples

“It came floating like⟳ a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead.”
“Here on Papay folk will speak⟳ slowly and sympathetically in a one-to-one conversation with a 'soothmoother', but if you're on the fringes of a pierhead debate⟳ about the price of cattle or the weather, then you'll soon be submerged beneath a fast-flowing terminological tidal wave⟳.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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