piling
piling
Definition
pil·ing (pīl′iŋ)
noun
- piles collectively
- a structure of piles
piling
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- pier: Tackle ( just in case you are interested ): A float setup was fished in among the pilings of the pier.
Converse of object
- install: Installing the piling that will form the edge of the lower landing stage.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: The western bank has vertical wooden pilings topped by a pavement.
- vertical: The western bank has vertical wooden pilings topped by a pavement.
- concrete: A few yards upstream the Mole flows between concrete pilings and under the A309, clogged tight with early morning traffic.
Noun used with modifier
- steel: Interactions between microorganisms and physicochemical factors cause mic of steel pilings in harbors.
- timber: Timber pilings excavated from a deep layer of silt on the sea bed have been dated at 250 BC.
- sheet: Usually, sheet piling would be driven down into the ground to protect the site whilst the basement is constructed.
- wharf: ZONE 1 The harbor with its large breakwaters, docks, wharf pilings and piers could be described as a large tidal pool basin.
Browse dictionary entries near piling
- piliform
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- pili
- pilgrimage
- Pilgrim's Progress
- Pilgrim Fathers
- pilgrim
- pilgarlic
- pilferage
- Pilipino
- pill
- pill bug
- pillage
- pillar
- pillar box
- Pillars of Hercules
- pillbox
- pillion
- pillory
