Associations to the word «Bier»

Wiktionary

BIER, noun. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
BIER, noun. A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
BIER, noun. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

Dictionary definition

BIER, noun. A coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard".
BIER, noun. A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats