spile
1. a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask • Syn: bung • Derivationally related forms: bung (for: bung) • Hypernyms: plug, stopper, stopple • Part Holonyms: barrel, cask 2. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure • Syn: pile, piling, stilt • Hypernyms: column, pillar • Hyponyms: sheet pile, sheath pile, sheet piling
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