piling
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
pilote
- The building was old, mounted on thick pilings that went down into the bay.
Examples
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One of the big boys said there were little oysters that grew in the pilings.
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The boat careens off a piling and roars straight for the shipyard.
Fiction book (1997) -
Go on, look over there behind those pilings.
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Check the pilings under the pier.
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I don't want our boards hitting a piling.
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Beneath her foundation, a million pilings held her fast and afloat.
Fiction book (1999) -
Benj stood as solid as the wooden pilings on which the wharf was built.
Fiction book (1990) -
I could hear the water slapping hollowly against the pilings below and smiled slightly.
Fiction book (1998) -
Tiers of mussels ringed the pilings of abandoned wharves in the lowering tide.
Fiction book (2001) -
The old bridge was supported by wooden pilings that had been in place for decades.
Synonyms
14
6.8
A long column driven into the ground to hold up a building
1
7.0
A row of metal boards pushed into the ground to hold back soil or water
A long post people drive into the ground to support a building or wall
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.0
A row of metal boards pushed into the ground to hold back soil or water
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Piling comes from the word pile, which long ago meant a heavy post or 'pillar', the same idea you see in the English word pillar. So a piling is a long post driven deep into the ground to support a building.