bier

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/bɪə/(UK)
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/bɪə/(UK) · /bɪɚ/(US)

Definition of bier

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
    “They bore him bare-faced on the bier.”
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noun

  1. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
    “They bore him bare-faced on the bier.”
  2. A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
  3. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

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Etymology

From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.

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