SPILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spile mean? 

• SPILE (noun)
  The noun SPILE has 2 senses:

1. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

2. a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask

  Familiarity information: SPILE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pile; piling; spile; stilt

Hypernyms ("spile" is a kind of...):

column; pillar ((architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spile"):

sheath pile; sheet pile; sheet piling (a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bung; spile

Hypernyms ("spile" is a kind of...):

plug; stopper; stopple (blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly)

Holonyms ("spile" is a part of...):

barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)