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live loads

live loads is the plural of live load.

Meaning of live load

Noun

live load (usually uncountable, plural live loads)

  1. (usually) Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental (e.g. people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain).

Questions about live loads

What is live loads the plural of?
Live loads is the plural of live load.

Words near live loads in the dictionary

  1. live it up
  2. live large
  3. live like a fighting cock
  4. live like a king
  5. live load
  6. live loads
  7. live long and prosper
  8. live not to eat, but eat to live
  9. live oak
  10. Live Oak County
  11. live oaks

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