Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of or pertaining to the pia or pia mater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A raised platform on which people sit, usually under the veranda, or on either side of the door of a house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia Proto-Polynesian *pia Hawaiian piabor. English pia English -al English pial From pia + -al.
