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studding

studding

7.5
Vertical wooden or metal posts inside a wall that make it strong and support shelves
  • noun
  • /ˈstʌdɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estructura de soporte
  • But what you can see is I've made all of these storage holes that are inbuilt because this is a stud wall.

Examples

  • The carpenter showed us how to install the studding to create a strong framework for the walls.

  • So we're going to have a stud wall probably like here with like a sink here.

  • Would've liked it better without the studding.

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  • And I mean, they have the they have the holes in the the studs, but these look like custom pieces.

  • The studding in the wall provided the necessary support for the heavy shelves.

  • When building a house, it's important to ensure that the studding is properly aligned for stability.

Antonyms

14 4.4

The act of taking a machine or system apart

Surface Forms

studding singular
studs plural

Morphology

studding = stud (transparent) = stud + ing

This is a regular noun form from the verb 'stud', with the meaning 'the act of fitting with studs' following directly from the base.

Etymology

Studding comes from the common word stud, a strong vertical piece of wood in a wall, so studding is the act of fitting those 'studs' or the pattern they make. That's why studding refers to the arrangement or fitting of studs in a wall.