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TIERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiered mean?
• TIERED (adjective)
The adjective TIERED has 1 sense:
1. having or arranged in tiers
Familiarity information: TIERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or arranged in tiers
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a tiered mound
Pertainym:
tier (one of two or more layers one atop another)
Context examples
Ganymede's ocean might be organized like a Dagwood sandwich, said Steve Vance of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, explaining the moon's resemblance to the Blondie cartoon character's multi-tiered sandwiches.
(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)
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