piling
Driven foundation post
Piling refers to heavy posts or stakes driven into the ground to support a structure, especially where soil is soft or unstable.
Bridge supports, docks, and buildings in coastal areas often rest on pilings—typically wooden, steel, or concrete columns sunk deep into earth or underwater: The old pier's wooden pilings had rotted through.
Piling also works as the present participle of pile: They were piling boxes in the corner.
Flat rectangular material
- shoringTemporary structural support
- cofferdamWatertight enclosure for underwater construction
- excavationAct of unearthing
- anchoringFastening securely to position
dewatering · secant · contiguous · lagging · bracing · retaining · temporary · permanent
Relating to soil engineering
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- subsoilEarth layer below surface
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- caissonWatertight underwater enclosure
bearing · settlement · subsurface · footing
Structure extending into water
- wharfShip docking structure
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- quayWaterfront loading platform
stilt · platform · trestle · mooring · berth · marina · harbor · waterfront
Controlling a vehicle
- hammerTool for striking nails
- jettingTraveling by airplane
- boredLacking interest or engagement
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
impact · hydraulic · rotary · installation · rig · equipment · crane · leads
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- concreteSolid building mixture
- timberWood for construction
- precastShaped before placement
- rebarSteel strengthening concrete
prestressed · post-tensioned · composite · galvanized · corrosion-resistant · sheet · reinforced · hollow
sheet
Flat rectangular material
- shoringTemporary structural support
- cofferdamWatertight enclosure for underwater construction
- excavationAct of unearthing
anchoring · dewatering · secant · contiguous · lagging · bracing · retaining · temporary · permanent · interlocking
geotechnical
Relating to soil engineering
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- subsoilEarth layer below surface
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
caisson · bearing · settlement · subsurface · footing
jetty
Structure extending into water
quay · stilt · platform · trestle · mooring · berth · marina · harbor · waterfront · breakwater
driving
Controlling a vehicle
drilled · impact · hydraulic · rotary · installation · rig · equipment · crane · leads · mandrel
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
rebar · prestressed · post-tensioned · composite · galvanized · corrosion-resistant · sheet · reinforced · hollow · solid
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- ferry terminalferry slip, boarding gate, boarding ramp, gangway, mooring
- harbordock, docks, pier, piers, wharf
- structureshouse, bridge, buildings, dome, building
pilingdispersing
Spreading widely apart
scattering · spreading · distributing · unpiling · dismantling
- piling upIncreasing in quantity
- piling onExcessive group criticism
- piling outExiting hurriedly en masse
- piling inEntering en masse