load-bearing wall

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• Load-bearing wall — A load bearing wall (or bearing wall) is a wall that bears a load resting upon it by conducting its weight to a foundation structure. The materials most often used to construct load bearing walls in large buildings are concrete, block, or brick.… …   Wikipedia

• load-bearing — adj. (Arch.) Supporting a load[10] from parts of a structure above; as, a load bearing wall. [prenominal] Syn: supporting(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bearing wall — any of the walls supporting a floor or the roof of a building. [1870 75] * * * or load bearing wall Wall that carries the load of floors and roof above in addition to its own weight. The traditional masonry bearing wall is thickened in proportion …   Universalium

• load-bearing — adjective capable of bearing a structural load a supporting wall • Syn: ↑supporting • Similar to: ↑bearing * * * loadˈ bearing adjective Of a wall, etc, supporting a structure, carrying weight • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• load-bearing — adj. Load bearing is used with these nouns: ↑wall …   Collocations dictionary

• wall — less, adj. wall like, adj. /wawl/, n. 1. any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection …   Universalium

• Wall — A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open… …   Wikipedia

• bearing — /bair ing/, n. 1. the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures: a man of dignified bearing. 2. the act, capability, or period of producing or bringing forth: a tree past bearing. 3. something that is… …   Universalium

• Wall stud — A wall stud is a vertical member in the light frame construction techniques called Balloon framing and platform framing of a building s wall (variously also called stick and platform , stick and frame , or stick and box construction colloquially… …   Wikipedia

• wall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ long, short ▪ thick, thin ▪ massive ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• wall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. side, partition, bulkhead, flange, splashboard; rampart, defense; barrier; fence; cliff, precipice; levee, dike, seawall; (pl.) prison. See enclosure, hindrance, vertical, circumscription. II (Roget s …   English dictionary for students