"pier" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His fishing exploits - and buoyant bravado - are a highlight of "Gotham Fish Tales," a new documentary by Rob Maass about the lives of intrepid city anglers, many of whom ply their sport atop piers, under bridges and beside waste-water treatment plants.
- The design is well-suited for construction atop elevated piers, or in areas of unstable soils where anchorages would be difficult to construct.
- The narrator, three string players and Mr. Bral all sit isolated, in tuxedos and bare feet, atop wooden piers scattered about the pool.
- The port boomed, and hotels, saloons, bath houses, and resorts were built around it, mostly atop high wooden piers in the shallows of the lake, connected by a network of pier like wooden boardwalks.
- Several yachts perched precariously atop narrow wooden piers, where they had been abandoned by receding tides.
- The elimination of horizontal forces at the abutments allows tied-arch bridges to be constructed with less robust foundations; thus they can be situated atop elevated piers or in areas of unstable soil.
- The development would include shaded sports fields atop existing piers, 10 acres of water for kayakers, marshland habitats, playgrounds, restaurants and stores.
- The platform consists of precast steel-reinforced concrete slabs that are placed atop poured concrete piers.
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