EGAVE

tier

About 3.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun One who ties (knots, etc.).
  2. noun Something that ties.
  3. noun A child's apron.
  4. noun A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
  5. noun A rank or grade; a stratum.
    Stoke City were playing in the second tier of English football before being promoted to the Premier League.
  6. noun A (typically forested) range of hills or mountains, especially in South Australia or Tasmania; a mountain. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  7. noun A horizontal row of panels within a comic strip.
  8. verb To arrange in layers.

Similar words

level grade wrapper track interlock coat capa cloak coating layer

Often followed by

of system is and in structure to

Word family

tiered tiering tiers tyer tyers

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