tier

noun/tɪr/

Frequency rank: #3,430 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a level or row in a structure arranged one above another.

Illustration for the English word “tier”

Example sentence

The wedding cake had a bottom, middle, and top tier, each decorated with fresh flowers.

Synonyms & related words

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