load-bearing

Examples

• All

• The load-bearing cradle was modified to handle 5,000 pounds, versus 3,000 for the original design.

  Academic text (2000)

• WTA's plan calls for monocoque construction using a steel chassis and a load-bearing fiberglass-reinforced composite body.

  Academic text (1999)

• Maybe it's a load-bearing wall.

  Tower Heist (2011)

• The design strategically places the strongest load bearing areas where the wind is also most powerful.

• But you didn't realize that, well, that was a load bearing wall that you just torn out.

• And installed a load-bearing beam to support it accidentally.

  Rough Night (2017)

• There is a panel of the outer wall, with the main load-bearing columns clearly visible.

  Blog text (5)

• One of the building's load-bearing beams ran directly above him, and he hoped it might serve to protect him from the eventual falling debris.

  Fiction book (1998)

• It looks load-bearing.

  Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

• The load-bearing system allows slim axial and radial profiles and fast setup and cutting, even in constricted areas.

  Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

S

supporting

vsload-bearing

2.1

A part of a building, like a beam or column, that holds up weight

is specifically about carrying weight above a part rather than general carrying

B

bearing

vsload-bearing

• Specialized

5.7

Able to support weight, like a wall or beam

is focused on carrying vertical weight above a part rather than withstanding strain

How Strong

strong

∞ 1.0

load-bearing

• Specialized

4 4.8

adequate

234 2.7

weak

524 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology