sand pile

American  

noun

Building Trades.

1. a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.

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Etymology

Origin of sand pile

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

By noon, only a third of the sand pile remained.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2020

In addition to earlier dredging, crews have worked to move the stamp sand pile at the original deposit site back from the shoreline at Gay.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2019

The approach, with roots in the 18th century, describes the structure of networks of discrete, interacting parts, be they friends linked on social media or grains in a sand pile.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2019

For example, assume a dry sand pile has an angle of repose of 30 degrees.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Here it picks up the bucket standing at the sand pile and which has its charges of both stone and sand, and swings it to the mixer.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

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