pilings

Definition of pilingsnext
plural of piling
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piles
Noun
  • Windscale’s two piles had been hastily built during the British atomic bomb project.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The island is enough, with its vegetable patches and firepit sheltered by dry walls at the island’s highest point; its rocky corners suitable for leaps into the sea that Antje has marked with little piles of stones.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Pilings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/pilings. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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