stud
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6.5
- noun
- /stʌd/
- Specialized
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montante
- The builders installed the studs to create a strong framework for the new wall.
- shear stud
- headed shear stud
- stud mount
Examples
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So I know now that this is the stud going up there and there's also a stud going down here.
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The unfinished bathroom: exposed studs and pink fiberglass insulation that made you scratch.
Fiction book (1992) -
So they built this stud wall and they actually put pocket doors in, which are here.
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Next, we'll show you how to take out a stud.
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- See, and then you got your location of the stud.
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- I took a stud finder reading.
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Where there had been charred plaster, new stud walls and reinforced support beams appeared.
Fiction book (1998) -
So we would build it up with the studs, and get the whole framework with two by fours, like any other house, but one of the big differences we had was taking the sheet rock, which normally goes on the inside of a house, and we put it on the outside of the structure so that we started creating a fire barrier between that structure and the little house that was inside.
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I'm going to kind of follow this setup with the bottom and top and then the studs that are spaced in the slots, and then we're going to screw them in.
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To hang the shelves securely, make sure they are attached to a stud in the wall.
Synonyms
3
8.8
A vertical post that supports a railing or fence
A small upright piece of wood that supports a building frame
A strong post that holds up a roof or wall, for example in a mine
Compounds
- Jargon
1
6.3
A poker game where players get some cards face down and some face up, with betting after each card
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stud (wall post) comes from an old English word that meant 'post' or 'support', a strong upright piece of wood. So a stud in a wall is the vertical timber that holds up and supports the structure.