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piling
[ pahy-ling ]
piling
/ ˈ貹ɪɪŋ /
noun
- the act of driving piles
- a number of piles
- a structure formed of piles
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
She added clothes sales were "likely to take a big hit" as the cyber-attack had occurred during a spell of warm weather when summer ranges would be "piling up in virtual baskets".
Waste has been piling up in the city since hundreds of bin workers started all-out strike action as a result the dispute over pay and jobs.
He said one of the most obvious solutions would be to replace two-year permits with four-year permits, so that renewal applications don’t keep piling atop new applications and extending wait times.
For Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, the list of problems keeps piling up.
There was already talk of the infestation of rats, and a pest controller I met in Handsworth told me his workload had already doubled as result of the waste piling up in the streets.
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