Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piling rig

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: pil-ing rig
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large crawler track-mounted drill used in foundation projects which require drilling into sandy soil, clay, silty clay, and similar environments. Such rigs are similar in function to oil drilling rigs.

Example Sentences

"Contractor Balfour Beatty is working around the clock to repair the structure, with a piling rig brought from Inverness."

Inflected Forms

piling rigs (plural)

Questions

What does piling rig mean?: A large crawler track-mounted drill used in foundation projects which require drilling into sandy soil, clay, silty clay, and similar environments. Such rigs are similar in function to oil drilling rigs.

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