- 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 - stilt - one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
--2 is a kind of pole
- stilt, Australian stilt - long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
--3 is a kind of shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
--3 is a member of Cladorhyncus, genus Cladorhyncus
--3 has particulars: banded stilt, Cladorhyncus leucocephalum- stilt, stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover, Himantopus stilt - long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
--4 is a kind of shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
--4 is a member of Himantopus, genus Himantopus
--4 has particulars:black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus; black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus; white-headed stilt, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus; kaki, Himantopus novae-zelandiae - stilt, Australian stilt - long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia