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Meanings of piling in English

Russian
бнс
Portuguese
estaca
Spanish
pilote
Wikidata

Type of building foundation.

        бнс
        Wikidata

        A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.

              Usage of piling in English
              1
              Doctor Keller has sent a final demand; the bills are piling up.
              Voices in the dark
              2
              However, it may feel as though the responsibilities are still piling up.
              The South African
              3
              Plastic is piling up aroudn the world and new solutions are needed.
              Radio NZ
              4
              Water reaching the river was piling higher, rising against already saturated levees.
              Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
              5
              Betty was piling wood in the living-room fireplace when he came in.
              Poor Man's Rock
              6
              Excess production capacity is piling pressure on carmakers' profitability as sales stagnate.
              Reuters
              7
              Andy started piling boxes and small flek cases up on the counter.
              The Naked God
              8
              Plastic is piling up around the world and new solutions are needed.
              Radio NZ
              9
              Erica thought about the book pages that were piling up at home.
              The ice princess
              10
              Now the final chapter could begin, piling on the pace and points.
              The Guardian
              11
              But since then, the political and economic tensions have been piling up.
              Reuters
              12
              There are two modes of piling, either in heaps or in wind-rows.
              Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West / The Experience of an Early S...
              13
              Traditions were piling up along with crowns and sceptres in the abyss.
              The Drums of Jeopardy
              14
              But the trail of water was completely absorbed in the blue piling.
              Nova
              15
              Events have a way of piling up and stealing away our choices.
              Jarka Ruus
              16
              Well, the passion is blazing; we have been piling on fuel handsomely.
              Roderick Hudson
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              Translations for piling
              Portuguese
              estaca
              Piling through the time
              Piling across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common