PILING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

Synonyms:

pile; piling; spile; stilt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("piling" is a kind of...):

column; pillar ((architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piling"):

sheath pile; sheet pile; sheet piling (a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage)

-ing form of the verb pile