Tier

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  • noun. One of a series of rows placed one above another.
  • noun. A rank or class.
  • transitive & intransitive verb . To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A range of mountains.
  • noun. A row; a rank, particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another: as, a tier of seats in a theater; the old three-decked war-ships had three tiers of guns on each side, the upper, middle, and lower tiers.
  • noun. In organ-building, same as rank, 1 .
  • noun. One who or that which ties.
  • noun. A child's apron. Also, erroneously, tire.
  • noun. In entomology, same as leaf-tier.
  • To pile, build, or arrange in tiers. Compare tierer.
  • noun. See tire.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, ties.
  • noun. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
  • noun. A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another.
  • noun. the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who ties (knots, etc).
  • noun. Something that ties.
  • noun. A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.
  • verb. To arrange in layers.
  • verb. To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  • noun. a worker who ties something
  • noun. any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
  • noun. something that is used for tying
  • noun. one of two or more layers one atop another
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    "These guys operated on what we call a tier one level."
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    aisle  bunk  dimension  dome  echelon  
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    tiered  tiering  tiers