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Tier means a row or layer.

(noun)

An example of a tier is an upper level of chairs in a theater.
An example of a tier is one of three layers of a wedding cake.

The definition of a tier is someone who ties things.

(noun)

An example of a tier is a mother who helps a child with the laces of their shoes.

See tier in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a row, or rank, of seats
any of a series of rows, layers, ranks, etc. arranged one above or behind another

Origin: < OFr tire, order, rank, dress < Frank *teri (akin to OHG ziari, beauty, OE tir, glory) < IE *dēiro- < base *dei-, to gleam > deity

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to arrange or be arranged in tiers

noun

a person or thing that ties
☆ a type of pinafore formerly worn by children

See tier in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One of a series of rows placed one above another: a stadium with four tiers of seats.
A rank or class.

tr. & intr.v. tiered, tier·ing, tiers

To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers: tier a wedding cake; balconies that tier upward.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English tire, row, rank

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from tirer, to draw out; see tirade

noun

One that ties: a tier of knots.

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