- pile, spile, piling, stilt - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
--1 is a kind of column, pillar
--1 has particulars: sheet pile, sheath pile, sheet piling - bung, spile - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
--2 is a kind of plug, stopper, stopple
--2 is a part of barrel, cask