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Meanings of piling in inglés

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pilote
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Type of building foundation.

pilote
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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"
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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 inglés
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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
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Excess production capacity is piling pressure on carmakers' profitability as sales stagnate.
Reuters
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Andy started piling boxes and small flek cases up on the counter.
The Naked God
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Plastic is piling up around the world and new solutions are needed.
Radio NZ
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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
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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...
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Traditions were piling up along with crowns and sceptres in the abyss.
The Drums of Jeopardy
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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
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Well, the passion is blazing; we have been piling on fuel handsomely.
Roderick Hudson
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Translations for piling
portugués
estaca
Piling through the time
Piling across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common