bearing pile
bearing pile · bearing piles
A deep foundation structural element driven or drilled into the ground to support…A deep foundation structural element driven or drilled into the ground to support vertical loads by transferring a building's weight through weak upper soil down to a strong rock or dense soil layer.
Meaning
1 sensesA deep foundation structural element driven or drilled into the ground to support vertical loads by transferring a building's weight through weak upper soil down to a strong rock or dense soil layer.
Forms
plural: bearing piles| Singular | bearing pile |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedfriction pile
See also
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