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PRONUNCIATION OF PILE DWELLING

pile dwelling  [paɪl ˈdwelɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILE DWELLING

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conjunction
determiner
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Pile dwelling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PILE DWELLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pile dwelling

Stilt house

Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding, but also serve to keep out vermin. The shady space under the house can be used for work or storage.

Definition of pile dwelling in the English dictionary

The definition of pile dwelling in the dictionary is a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PILE DWELLING


bookselling
ˈbʊkˌselɪŋ
bowling
ˈbəʊlɪŋ
calling
ˈkɔːlɪŋ
excelling
ɪkˈselɪŋ
feeling
ˈfiːlɪŋ
gelling
ˈdʒelɪŋ
handling
ˈhændlɪŋ
hot-selling
ˌhɒtˈselɪŋ
mailing
ˈmeɪlɪŋ
repelling
rɪˈpelɪŋ
rolling
ˈrəʊlɪŋ
self-propelling
ˌselfprəˈpelɪŋ
selling
ˈsɛlɪŋ
sterling
ˈstɜːlɪŋ
storytelling
ˈstɔːrɪˌtelɪŋ
sweet-smelling
ˌswiːtˈsmelɪŋ
taletelling
ˈteɪlˌtelɪŋ
telling
ˈtɛlɪŋ
up-selling
ˈʌpˌselɪŋ
willing
ˈwɪlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PILE DWELLING

pile
pile arms
pile cap
pile it on
pile on the agony
pile shoe
pile up
pile-driver
pile-up
pilea
pileate
pileated
pilei
pileless
pileorhiza
pileous
piler
piles
pileum
pileus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PILE DWELLING

bestselling
billing
chilling
compelling
controlling
cooling
direct selling
drilling
dwelling
falling
filling
fulfilling
installing
killing
modelling
polling
scrolling
spelling
start the ball rolling
swelling
travelling

Synonyms and antonyms of pile dwelling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pile dwelling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PILE DWELLING

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The translations of pile dwelling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pile dwelling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一堆住宅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vivienda pila
570 millions of speakers

English

pile dwelling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ढेर आवास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كومة مسكن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

куча жилище
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pilha habitação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিল বাসস্থান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palafittiques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kediaman cerucuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pfahlbau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パイル住居
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더미 주거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumpukan kémah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đống nhà ở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குவியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ढिले घर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazık temelli ev
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

palafitta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kupie mieszkanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

купа житло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

teanc locuință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σωρό κατοικία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paal woning
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lugg bostad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoper bolig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pile dwelling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PILE DWELLING»

The term «pile dwelling» is used very little and occupies the 174.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PILE DWELLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pile dwelling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILE DWELLING»

Discover the use of pile dwelling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pile dwelling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Paths Towards a New World
One of themost debated and discussed structures from Sweden's Stone Age isvery likely the complex pile dwelling from Alvastra in the region of Östergötland. This construction has suppliedus with finds from both the Funnel Beaker Culture  ...
Mats Larsson, Geoffrey Lemdahl, 2014
2
Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe: 150 Years of ...
Alojz Sˇercelj made a palynological profile of the Zalozˇnica pile dwelling ( Sˇercelj 1955b). The first xylotomical analysis was also carried out (Sˇercelj 1955a). Ivan Rakovec studied the osseous remains from some of the other pile dwellings ...
Francesco Menotti, 2004
3
The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology
PILE—DWELLING ARCHAEOLOGY AND TOURISM Tourists were already fascinated by the pile dwellings in the 1860s. With the expansion of European rail networks came a significant increase in the numbers of wealthy cultural travellers .
Francesco Menotti, Aidan O'Sullivan, 2012
4
Resnikov prekop: Najstarejša koliščarska naselbina na ...
In 2005, we commemorate the l30,h anniversary of the discovery of the pile- dwelling settlements in the Ljubljansko barje (Ljubljana Moor). On this occasion, the staff of the Institute of Archaeology at the ZRC SAZU, together with our colleague ...
Anton Velušček, 2006
5
Koliščarska naselbina Stare gmajne in njen čas: Ljubljansko ...
Pile-dwelling settlements were not built on a present-day flood plain any more; instead, new settlements were constructed on dry ground along the edges of the moor.4 Holocene lake was slowly withdrawing and transforming into marsh.5 ...
Anton Velušček, 2009
6
Wetland Archaeology and Beyond: Theory and Practice
For instance, while a pile-dwelling can easily fit within a marshland environment, the construction of a house floor directly on the shore of a very dynamic lake (i.e. with significant seasonal fluctuations; see Box 3.2) would be counterproductive.
Francesco Menotti, 2012
7
Biosphere Origin and Evolution
Pile-Dwelling. Wheat. Heer (1865) was the first who described T. antiquorum ( BBAADD genome) on the basis of grain remains in archeological excavations in Switzerland. It is possible that T. antiquorum was among the first cultivated ...
Nikolay Dobretsov, Nikolay Kolchanov, Alexey Rozanov, 2007
8
Spaha
Anton Velušček. kOlIščArSkA nASelbInA StAre gmAjne In njen čAS. ljubljansko barje v 2. polovici 4. tisočletja pr. kr. StAre gmAjne pIle-dwellIng Settlement And ItS erA. The ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium bc In the ...
Anton Velušček, 2011
9
Our Early Ancestors: An Introductory Study of Mesolithic, ...
The extension of the Pile-Dwelling culture along the foot-hills of the Alps on both sides of the central chain is of great interest, and the question arises: was the movement from the west eastwards; was the connection of Loubliana (Laibach) with ...
M. C. Burkitt, 2012
10
Poznoantična utrjena naselbina Tonovcov grad pri Kobaridu / ...
(EUR 20.70) 7. Irena Lazar, Rimsko steklo Slovenije / The Roman glass of Slovenia, 2003. (EUR 27.40) 8. Anton Velušček (ed.), Hočevarica. Eneolitsko kolišče na Ljubljanskem barju / An eneolithic pile dwelling in the Ljubljansko barje, 2004.
Zvezdana Modrijan, Tina Milavec, 2011

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILE DWELLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pile dwelling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lake Constance Map
The district of Unteruhldingen is on the lake and best known for its Pile Dwelling. museum, where you can see reconstructed stone age dwellings on piles above ... «About - News & Issues, Oct 09»
2
Alvastra in the 1st Millennium
Among the most well known are Östergötland's only megalithic tomb, a unique and well-preserved Middle Neolithic pile dwelling, a fine Bronze ... «ScienceBlogs, Apr 09»

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