Bier

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /bɪə/
• US IPA: /bɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophones: beer

Origin

From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, West Saxon bǣr ("stretcher, bier"), from Proto-Germanic *bērō (East Frisian beere, Dutch baar, German Bahre), from *beraną ("to bear"). More at bear.

Full definition of bier

Noun

1. a litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• 1602 : William Shakespeare, , act IV scene 5They 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.

Anagrams

• brie