pile-building
21Pile bridge — A pile bridge is a structure that uses foundations consisting of long poles (referred to as piles), which are made of wood, concrete or steel and which are hammered into the soft soils beneath the bridge until the end of the pile reaches a hard… …
22pile — I. /paɪl / (say puyl) noun 1. an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon another in a more or less orderly fashion: a pile of boxes. 2. Colloquial a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of things to do. 3. a heap of wood on… …
23pile — I [[t]paɪl[/t]] n. v. piled, pil•ing 1) an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers[/ex] 2) inf a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work[/ex] 3) a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living… …
24pile — 1. noun /paɪl/ a) The head of an arrow or spear. a pile of stones b) A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or …
25pile — Synonyms and related words: abscess, abundance, accumulate, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amass, amassment, angina, angina pectoris, anthill, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, apoplectic stroke, architecture,… …
26pile — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a heap of things laid or gathered upon one another (a pile of leaves). 2 a a large imposing building (a stately pile). b a large group of tall buildings. 3 colloq. a a large quantity. b a large amount of money; a fortune (made his …
27Pile cap — A pile cap is a thick concrete floor that rests on piles. It is part of the foundation of a building, typically a multi storey building. The pile cap distributes the load from the pillars to the piles. A similar structure to a pile cap is a raft …
28pile — {{11}}pile (n.1) mass, heap, early 15c., pillar, pier of a bridge, from L. pila stone barrier. Sense development in Latin from pier, harbor wall of stones, to something heaped up. In English, sense of heap of things is attested from mid 15c. (the …
29pile — pile1 noun 1》 a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another. ↘informal a large amount: the growing pile of work. 2》 a large imposing building: a Gothic pile. 3》 a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to …
30pile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. structure, building, edifice; nap; heap, mass, pyre; quantity. See assemblage. v. t. accumulate, load, amass, furnish. See greatness, covering, texture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A heap] Syn. collection …
