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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.

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Examples for "piles"
Examples for "piles"
1
The result is piles of highly flammable clothes building up in factories.
The Guardian
2
However, when we paid piles of peanuts, we simply got greedy monkeys.
The Irish Times
3
A report from an independent assessor found numerous problems with their piles.
Radio NZ
4
There were also piles and piles of paper on every available surface.
The last testament
5
Think of them stacked up in bright yellow piles in the warehouse.
Mince Pie
1
Race remains America's deep foundation sin, and Mr Trump will deepen it.
The Guardian
2
What a deep foundation did he lay for royalty under Louis XIV.!
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great Rulers
3
Second, race remains America's deep foundation sin, and a President Trump would deepen it.
The Guardian
4
And it lays in my mind a deep foundation of hope for that noble country.
Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2
5
Visit Website Though she's still in high school, Mascarenas' success was built on a deep foundation.
Climbing Magazine
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