noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
2. 2
   a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure wordnet
3. 3
   The act of heaping up.
4. 4
   The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of pile form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

accumulationbalustradebanisterbasecolonnadecolumn

Example

More examples

"And so the method that works is treading down the snow to harden it, making blocks and piling them up."

Related phrases

piling onpiling rigsheet piling

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