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SHEET PILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sheet pile mean?
• SHEET PILE (noun)
The noun SHEET PILE has 1 sense:
1. a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
Familiarity information: SHEET PILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sheath pile; sheet pile; sheet piling
Hypernyms ("sheet pile" is a kind of...):
pile; piling; spile; stilt (a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure)
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