"piling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/, [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ] [US] Forms: pilings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} piling (plural pilings)
  1. A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material. Categories (topical): Construction Translations (A structural support): 桩子 (zhuāngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), paalut (Finnish), paalutus (Finnish), paalurakennelma (Finnish), Spundwand [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-piling-en-noun-78egxZSL Disambiguation of Construction: 28 22 25 25 Disambiguation of 'A structural support': 98 1 1
  2. The act of heaping up. Categories (topical): Construction, Metallurgy Translations (The act of heaping up): kasaaminen (Finnish), pinoaminen (Finnish), latominen (Finnish), kokoonkasaaminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-piling-en-noun-90-u2ov7 Disambiguation of Construction: 28 22 25 25 Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 8 23 36 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 34 31 27 Disambiguation of 'The act of heaping up': 3 83 14
  3. (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc. Categories (topical): Construction, Metallurgy
    Sense id: en-piling-en-noun-uz~jKXv1 Disambiguation of Construction: 28 22 25 25 Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 8 23 36 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 34 31 27 Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, ironworking, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: piling on, piling rig, sheet piling

Verb

IPA: /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/, [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ] [US]
Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} piling
  1. present participle and gerund of pile Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pile Categories (topical): Construction, Metallurgy
    Sense id: en-piling-en-verb-ND4dEl08 Disambiguation of Construction: 28 22 25 25 Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 8 23 36 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 34 31 27

Inflected forms

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