tier
/ˈtaɪ.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A (typically forested) range of hills or mountains, especially in South Australia or Tasmania; a mountain.
Australian usage
noun
A horizontal row of panels within a comic strip.
Example Sentences
- "Stoke City were playing in the second tier of English football before being promoted to the Premier League."
- "Turians have 27 citizenship tiers, beginning with civilians (client races and children). The initial period of military service is the second tier."
- "At various points during the (too frequent, mostly boring, school play-tier) dialogue."
- "This party headed towards the tiers and lakes, scouring the country while veering towards Bothwell."
- "On she drove, leaving the highway, up a skinny country road, past the snow-capped tier and into the forest on its foothills."
Etymology
From tie + -er.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtaɪ.ɚ/
- British English: /ˈtaɪ.ə/