piling
a mass of building piles considered collectively.
a structure composed of piles.
Origin of piling
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How to use piling in a sentence
When the 11th Street bridges were being reconstructed, Harriet Tregoning, the District’s then-director of planning, sought to save the piers and pilings of one of the old bridges.
D.C.’s first elevated park will link neighborhoods divided by river | Luz Lazo | August 4, 2022 | Washington PostProsecutors allege the 22-year-old drunkenly collided with a bridge piling after an oyster roast.
Son of Powerful South Carolina Prosecutor Got Death Threats Before His Murder, Family Says | Pilar Melendez | June 17, 2021 | The Daily BeastEvidence is piling up that as men do more of the caregiving, violence against women falls.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe video showing cops piling on Eric Garner in Staten Island for refusing arrest elicited outrage across ideological lines.
Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.
Nearby a family of Turkish Kurds busied themselves in their fields piling vegetables onto a donkey-drawn cart.
Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph | Jamie Dettmer | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the stories keep piling on, even in the most unlikely of Prankster-friendly places.
The embankment or road-bed was commenced by gigantic piling, and is very broad and substantial.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleySix days of the week he worked, piling up the passing treasures of this world.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydBut, just as they were piling some more leaves in the hollow stump, they heard many voices of men shouting in the woods.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumWell, we'll simmer down when the turn comes, and though I'm piling up dollars, I'll be thankful.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossTim got down on the hearth and began piling paper and kindling and logs in the fireplace.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloyd
British Dictionary definitions for piling
/ (ˈpaɪlɪŋ) /
the act of driving piles
a number of piles
a structure formed of piles
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