load-bearing

Speech parts

1. load-bearing - Noun

2. load-bearing - Adjective

3. load-bearing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

capable of bearing a structural load

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Alternative names

load bearing

Synonyms

supporting porter established officer carrier load structural cargo bearing loaded enabling freight burden loading backbone
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Antonyms

free service edge empty shallow discharge
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Examples

Individual self-sovereignty is a load-bearing pillar on which liberty rests. Robert J. Marks II

a supporting wall Source: Internet

By material Steel dams main Red Ridge steel dam, built 1905, Michigan A steel dam is a type of dam briefly experimented with around the start of the 20th century which uses steel plating (at an angle) and load-bearing beams as the structure. Source: Internet

In 1912, Deperdussin introduced a monocoque racer using a fuselage made up of three layers of laminated strips of glued poplar veneer, which provided both the external skin and the main load-bearing structure. Source: Internet

It has a load-bearing function, which concentrates the weight of the entablature on the supportive column, but it primarily serves an aesthetic purpose. Source: Internet

By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

load with load zone load-and-go load-carrying capacity load-disconnecting switch load-free