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screw pile

noun

  1. a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.


screw pile

noun

  1. a pile with a threaded tip that is screwed into the ground by a winch or capstan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • screw piling noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of screw pile1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

At that time a new lighthouse of the screw pile type was built two and one-half miles offshore from Smith Point.

This screw cylinder penetrated the ground like an ordinary screw pile.

One of these inventions is the iron-pile or screw-pile lighthouse, and the other is the iron cylinder lighthouse.

A completed screw-pile lighthouse has the odd appearance of a huge, ugly spider standing knee-deep in the sea.

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