Word: pilings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pi
lings
Definition: Plural of piling; a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Morphemes:
Affix: pile
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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 to form a cofferdam, etc.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pīla
Language: la
Decoded: pila
Meaning: pillar, pier
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.